The rebellious Greeks were bent on attacking Kursheed.

The insurrection promoted by the Vizier of Janina had passed far beyond the point he intended, and the rising had become a revolution.

The delight which Ali first evinced cooled rapidly before this consideration, and was extinguished in grief when he found that a conflagration, caused by the besiegers' fire, had consumed part of his store in the castle by the lake.

Kursheed, thinking that this event must have shaken the old lion's resolution, recommenced negotiations, choosing the Kiaia of Moustai Pacha: as an envoy, who gave Ali a remarkable warning.

"Reflect," said he, "that these rebels bear the sign of the Cross on their standards.