I, loving him, applauded all his schemes.

The princess Amineh--for she was the daughter of a sovereign chief--was of a spirit equal to his own.

She rode out from her father's town by night upon the best mare of the tribe with but one girl attendant.

My lord and I were waiting by a certain well.

And then we rode, well knowing that both tribes would hunt us, towards the wilayet, where there was law and Turkish power to protect us.