Thy wishes were heard, for the young man was Ali Tepeleni, and I who speak am he!" The old woman stood overwhelmed with astonishment.

She departed calling down blessings on the pacha, who assured her a pension of fifteen hundred francs for the rest of her days.
But these two good actions are only flashes of light illuminating the dark horizon of Ali's life for a brief moment.

Returned to Janina, he resumed his tyranny, his intrigues, and cruelty.

Not content with the vast territory which owned his sway, he again invaded that of his neighbours on every pretext.

Phocis, Mtolia, Acarnania, were by turns occupied by his troops, the country ravaged, and the inhabitants decimated.