You have been wandering in your mind all that time, talking of many strange things, and we have called at three ports.

I forget their names, but the last one was an island with a beautiful harbour.

Now, in about twenty days, if all goes well, we should reach another island called Cyprus.

But you must not talk so much, you must sleep.

The Saracen called Hassan, who is a clever doctor, told me so." So Rosamund slept, and from that time forward, floating on the calm Mediterranean sea, her strength began to come back again rapidly, who was young and strong in body and constitution.
Three days later she was helped to the deck, where the first man she saw was Hassan, who came forward to greet her with many Eastern salutations and joy written on his dark, wrinkled face.
"I give thanks to Allah for your sake and my own," he said.