He would not give up this woman, he would continue to care for her every need, she should owe everything to him, and to him only.

And so, without reserve, he devoted himself body and soul to the preparations for her flight.

The hot breath of the storm, the thunder and lightning, torrents of rain, and blackness of night could not delay him, while he leaped from rock to rock, feeling his way-soaked through, weary and in peril; he thought only of her, and of how he could most safely carry her to Alexandria, and then surround her with all that could charm a woman's taste.

Nothing--nothing did he desire for himself, and all that he dreamed of and planned turned only and exclusively on the pleasure which he might afford her.

When he had prepared and lighted the lamp for her he saw her again, and was startled at the beauty of the face that the trembling flame revealed.