Here the Khan waved his hand and interrupted. Seeing blood on Subahazi's face, and in his eyes pain, sorrow, and despair, he spat out the uneaten dates on his hand and gave them to one of the mullahs, who took them as a mark of extraordinary honor and began to eat them. The Khan said,--
"Speak quickly, Subahazi, and wisely! Is the camp of the unbeliever taken?"
"God did not give it."
"The Poles?"
"Victorious."
"Hmelnitski?"
"Beaten."
"Tugai Bey?"
"Wounded."
"God is one!" said the Khan. "How many of the Faithful have gone to Paradise?"