For peace and quiet I pretended acquiescence, and my purpose thus acquired a taste of stealth.

It was with the feelings of a kind of truant that I had set out at length without a word to anyone, and with the same adventurous feelings that I now drew near to Karameyn.

Two soldiers, basking in the sunshine on a dust-heap, sprang up at my approach.

One was the man I sought, the rogue Rashid.

They led me to their captain's house--a modest dwelling, consisting of a single room, with hardly any furniture.