His is the soul of the adventurer.
Now what more to be set down?
I must ask thee how is thy friend Ebn Ezra Bey?
I am glad thee did find all he said was true, and that in Damascus thee was able to set a mark by my uncle's grave.

But that the Prince Pasha of Egypt has set up a claim against my uncle's property is evil news; though, thanks be to God, as my father says, we have enough to keep us fed and clothed and housed.

But do thee keep enough of thy inheritance to bring thee safe home again to those who love thee.

England is ever grey, Davy, but without thee it is grizzled--all one "Quaker drab," as says the Philistine.

But it is a comely and a good land, and here we wait for thee.
In love and remembrance.
I am thy mother's sister, thy most loving friend.
FAITH.
David received this letter as he was mounting a huge white Syrian donkey to ride to the Mokattam Hills, which rise sharply behind Cairo, burning and lonely and large.