We mustall be clever, strong and careful, if we are to survive the difficultdays that lie ahead. We were minted from the samemetal, you and I. The bird flew down and lit on a cassia tree at the gate of theHeavenly Young Prince's dwelling, whereupon the prince Rebecca sat with the other wives in the cloister of the inner courtyardof the palace of Ostnan Atalan.
The press has got wind of your escape from Omdurman, and your arrivalin this country, he told them. At the last momentone of the dhow captains looked up and realized the danger. Some of the localmagnates had not yet been brought fully under the sway of the Yamatoinvaders, and some, as scions of the Imperial family, arrogated aconsiderable measure of independence. Even though theywere still separated by fifty paces the image of his enemy, OsmanAtalan, seemed to fill the field of his distorted vision.
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