Is it to be borne that I must associate with my father's murderer ?" "I fear that in that business we all had a hand, nevertheless your order shall be obeyed.

To tell you the truth, lady, I hate the fellow, who is but a common spy." "I desire also," went on Rosamund, "to speak no more with Sir Hugh Lozelle." "That is more difficult," said Hassan, "since he is the captain whom my master ordered me to obey in all things that have to do with the ship." "I have nothing to do with the ship," answered Rosamund; "and surely the princess of Baalbec, if so I am, may choose her own companions.

I wish to see more of you and less of Sir Hugh Lozelle." "I am honoured," replied Hassan, "and will do my best." For some days after this, although he was always watching her, Lozelle approached Rosamund but seldom, and whenever he did so he found Hassan at her side, or rather standing behind her like a guard.
At length, as it chanced, the prince was taken with a sickness from drinking bad water which held him to his bed for some days, and then Lozelle found his opportunity.

Rosamund strove to keep her cabin to avoid him, but the heat of the summer sun in the Mediterranean drove her out of it to a place beneath an awning on the poop, where she sat with the woman Marie.

Here Lozelle approached her, pretending to bring her food or to inquire after her comfort, but she would answer him nothing.