I never saw thee pale before. Art
thou, too, mad?'
'Would I were!'
'All men are growing wild. I am sure he said something. I pray thee tell
me what was it?'
'Ask him.'
'I dare not. Tell me, tell me, Honain!'
'That I dare not.'
'Was it a word?'
'Ay! a word to wake the dead. Let us begone.'
'Without our end? Coward! I'll speak to him. My own Alroy,' sweetly
whispered the Princess, as she advanced before him.
'What, has the fox left the tigress! Is't so, eh? Are there no
judgments? Are the innocent only haunted? I am innocent! I did not
strangle thee! He said rightly, "Beware, beware! they who did this may
do even feller deeds." And here they are quick at their damned work.
Thy body suffered, great Jabaster, but me they would strangle body and
soul!'
The Princess shrieked, and fell into the arms of the advancing Honain,
who bore her out of the dungeon.
After the fall of Hamadan, Bostenay and Miriam had been carried
prisoners to Bagdad. Through the interference of Honain, their
imprisonment had been exempted from the usual hardships, but they
were still confined to their chambers in the citadel. Hitherto all the
endeavours of Miriam to visit her brother had been fruitless.
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