Chapter Twenty Nine.
Frank’s Friend.
“The young Emir wants you to go out with him, Excellency,” said Ibrahim the same day, towards evening.
Frank stared, and not feeling safe, remained silent, but the professor spoke for him.
“Wants him to go out? What for?”
“It is out of friendly feeling, Excellency,” replied the Sheikh. “They are much of an age, and the young Emir says that Ben Eddin is wonderful.”
“But it is so strange,” said the professor; “the one is a chief, and the other a slave.”
“Yes, Excellency, but Ben Eddin is not a white, and he can be friends with him.”