I think, too, that I have forgot my wisdom, but my heart rose against this man, and being still weak from sickness, I lost my judgment and spoke what was in my heart, who would have done better to wait.

Now, perhaps, it will be best to kill him, if it were not that he alone has the skill to navigate the ship, which is a trade that he has followed from his youth.

Nay, let it go as Allah wills.

He is just, and will bring the matter to judgment in due time." "Yes, but to what judgment ?" asked Rosamund.
"I hope to that of the sword," answered Hassan, as he bowed and left her.
From that time forward armed men watched all the night through before Rosamund's cabin, and when she walked the deck armed men walked after her.

Nor was she troubled by Lozelle, who sought to speak with her no more, or to Hassan either.