Could a fair lady like this Karema wed such a one for his own sake ?" "Well, Bes, there might be other reasons besides the holy Tanofir," I said hurriedly.
"Master, there were no other reasons, unless the Cup, when it is awake, remembers what it has held in trance, which I do not believe.

I wooed her as I was, not telling her that I am also King of the Ethiopians, or any more than I seem to be.

Moreover the holy Tanofir told her nothing, for he swore as much to me and he does not lie." "And what did she say to you, Bes ?" I asked, for I was curious.
"She lied fast enough, Master.

She said--well, what she said when first we met her, that there was more in me than the eye saw and that she who had lived so much with spirits looked to the spirit rather than to the flesh, and that dwarf or no she loved me and desired nothing better than to marry me and be my true and faithful wife and helpmeet.

She lied so well that once or twice almost I believed her.