Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 352
the Sultan, ina solemn tone, if the need arises. But youmake me suspect that my lines do not meetwith your approval. On your own head be it, Commander ofthe Faithful! exclaimed the unhappy page. 909 By the Prophet, as I promised my mother that I would tell truth, the lines are the veriest bosh and… … l:l II: \ISED ! CKIED THE Allah be praised! cried the Sultan, Ihave found a pearl! And all the men of mycourt declared the lines perfect, beyond praise!Now have I found the honest man I sought. But, your Majesty, stammered the aston-ished page, I am no more than a boy ! Enough ! said the Sultan.…
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