HAMET, however, regarded but little what so much excited the envy of
ALMORAN; his mind was employed upon superior objects, and agitated by
nobler passions: the coldness of his brother's behaviour, though it had
grieved had not quenched his affection; and as he was now no longer
restrained by the deference due from a subject to his king, he ran to
him, and catching him to his breast attempted to speak; but his heart
was too full, and he could express his affection and joy only by his
tears. ALMORAN rather suffered than received the embrace; and after a
few ceremonies, to which neither of them could much attend, they retired
to separate apartments.
CHAP. II.
When ALMORAN was alone, he immediately locked the door; and throwing
himself upon a sofa in an agony of vexation and disapointment, of which
he was unwilling there should be any witness, he revolved in his mind
all the pleasures and honours of supreme dominion which had now suddenly
been snatched from him, with a degree of anguish and regret, not
proportioned to their real, but their imaginary value. Of future good,
that which we obtain is found to be less than our expectations; but that
of which we are disappointed, we suppose would have been more: thus do
the children of hope extract evil, both from what they gain, and from
what they lose.
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