It was enough at that moment that we saw one another--enough that we were in one another's arms; and so we mingled our tears, and shared one common rapture.

And sweet it was--sweet beyond all expression--the sweetest moment in all my life; for it had come in the midst of the drear desolation of my heart and the black despair.

It was like a flash of lightning in the intense darkness, short and sudden indeed, yet still intense while it lasted, and in an instant filling all with its glow.
"I did this," murmured Almah, "to see you and to save you." "Save me!" I repeated.
"Yes," said she.

"I have seen Layelah.

She told me that there is this chance and this one only to save you.