This demoralisation brought bitter fruits for all alike: the subjects endured a terrible tyranny; the masters sowed among themselves distrust, discord, and hatred.

The father wounded his two sons by turns in their tenderest affections, and the sons avenged themselves by abandoning their father in the hour of danger.
There was in Janina a woman named Euphrosyne, a niece of the archbishop, married to one of the richest Greek merchants, and noted for wit and beauty.

She was already the mother of two children, when Mouktar became enamoured of her, and ordered her to come to his palace.

The unhappy Euphrosyne, at once guessing his object, summoned a family council to decide what should be done.

All agreed that there was no escape, and that her husband's life was in danger, on account of the jealousy of his terrible rival.