Jack was much embarrassed.
He told her, gently as he could, that her love was hopeless.
"Oh, do not say that," cried Thyra, bursting into tears. "Do not send me away; I'm ready to be your slave, and obey your every word."
Jack consulted with his friends under this difficult and delicate condition of affairs, and they all agreed that Thyra must not be given up to the pasha.
An hour afterwards, the report of his murder made matters still more serious.
But he never dreamed that any suspicion of the actual crime would be turned against himself.
It was therefore agreed to keep Thyra in close concealment, until an opportunity offered to get her back to her friends.
The house occupied by Harkaway and his friends was, like most Oriental edifices, built for endurance.
The walls were thick and strong as those of a castle.
The doorway was narrow, and led into a square courtyard or garden, and with a fountain in the centre.