In a short time the captain of the pasha's guards, with a detachment of troops, marched out to arrest our hero and his friends.
The news spread like wildfire that the murderers of the late pasha had at length been discovered.
CHAPTER LXXXIII.
JACK HAS TO STAND A SIEGE.
And how far were Jack Harkaway and his friends really guilty in this matter?
It was indeed true that Thyra, the beautiful Greek slave before alluded to, had fled from the harem of the late pasha.
But this had nothing at all to do with his assassination.
No doubt Thyra cherished a strong attachment for young Jack, having found a refuge in the same house.
She could not overcome it.
"I throw myself upon your protection," she said. "If I returned to my master's, my fate would be instant death, but that would be preferable to living without you, and be for ever separated from you."