"It is a sad story, O Emir," he said, sympathetically, "and I cannot think it ended. Knowest thou not more?"
"Nothing of incident," was the reply. "All that remains is inferential. The castle was attacked at night by Turks landed from their galleys."
"And thy father and mother?"
"I never knew them."
"There is another inference," said the Prince, suggestively—"they were Christians."
"Yes, but unbelievers."
The suppression of natural affection betrayed by the remark still more astonished the host.
"But they believed in God," he said.
"They should have believed Mahomet was his Prophet."
"I fear I am giving you pain, O Emir."