“It seems so, Ruhannah.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know. He was a very cruel and wicked Sultan.” 10
“I don’t see why he killed the beautiful poor dead lady.”
“If you will listen and not interrupt, you shall learn why.”
“And was the chest that Herr Wilner pulled up the very same chest that is here on the floor beside me?” insisted the child.
“The very same. Now listen, Rue, and I shall read a little more in Herr Wilner’s diary, and then you must have your bath and be put to bed––”
“Please read, daddy!”
The Reverend Wilbour Carew turned the page and quietly continued:
March 20. In my own quarters at Trebizond again, and rid of Murad for a while.