"Thou seest the sun rising up yonder behind the hills?"
"Yes, my master."
"Before the shadows return to the side of yon hills take care to be well behind them, and let not another dawn find thee in this city!"
The boatman bent low with his arms folded across his breast, then he disappeared in his skiff.
But Halil Patrona hastened into the mosque.
The Sultan's ambassadors were awaiting him. Sheik Suleiman came forward.
"Halil!" said he, "the bodies of the three dead men I have given to the people and their heads I have sent to thee."
"Who were they?" asked Halil darkly.
"The first was the corpse of the Kiaja Beg, his body was cast upon the cross-ways through the Etmeidan Gate."
"And the second?"