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The Brethren

CHAPTER Twenty: The Luck of the Star of Hassan
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In a fashion, indeed, he was happy, whose troubles were done with, who had few sins to mourn, whose faith was the faith of a child, and who laid down his life for his friend and brother.

They took him to a vault of the great house where Saladin was lodged--a large, rough place, lit with torches, in which waited the headsman and his assistants.
Presently Saladin entered, and, looking at him curiously, said: "Are you still of the same mind, Sir Godwin ?" "I am." "Good.

Yet I have changed mine.

You shall say farewell to your cousin, as you desired.

Let the princess of Baalbec be brought hither, sick or well, that she may see her work.


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