Allah has heard their cry.

He will summon thee, judge thee, and punish thee eternally.

Tremble, for the time is at hand! Thine hour is coming--is coming--is coming!" Casting a terrible glance at the pacha, the holy man turned his back on him, and stalked out of the apartment without another word.
Ali, in terror, demanded a thousand pieces of gold, put them in a white satin purse, and himself hastened with them to overtake the sheik, imploring him to recall his threats.

But Yussuf deigned no answer, and arrived at the threshold of the palace, shook off the dust of his feet against it.
Ali returned to his apartment sad and downcast, and many days elapsed before he could shake off the depression caused by this scene.

But soon he felt more ashamed of his inaction than of the reproaches which had caused it, and on the first opportunity resumed his usual mode of life.
The occasion was the marriage of Moustai, Pacha of Scodra, with the eldest daughter of Veli Pacha, called the Princess of Aulis, because she had for dowry whole villages in that district.