10/11 Now be my guide to the Orchard of Palms, and give me introduction to Sheik Ilderim the Generous." "When ?" "To-day. His horses may be engaged to-morrow." "You like them, then ?" Ben-Hur answered with animation, "I saw them from the stand an instant only, for Messala then drove up, and I might not look at anything else; yet I recognized them as of the blood which is the wonder as well as the glory of the deserts. I never saw the kind before, except in the stables of Caesar; but once seen, they are always to be known. To-morrow, upon meeting, I will know you, Malluch, though you do not so much as salute me; I will know you by your face, by your form, by your manner; and by the same signs I will know them, and with the same certainty. |