"His ambassador! To what end?"
"I am afraid and trembling."
He kissed the floor again.
"Assure me of pardon—if only to win me back my courage. It is miserable to be shaken with fear."
"Thou hast done nothing, Sheik, unless drawing thy master's portrait too partially be an offence. Speak out."
"It is not three days, Princess, since you were Mahommed's guest."
"I his guest—Mahommed's!"
She arose from her chair.
"He received you at the White Castle."
"And the Governor?"