For a moment there was silence, then Saladin bade a secretary read the charge, which was brief.

It was that they had conspired to steal away the princess of Baalbec.
"Where is the evidence against us ?" asked Godwin boldly.

"The Sultan is just, and convicts no man save on testimony." Again Saladin motioned to the secretary, who read the words that had been taken down from the lips of the captain Abdullah.

They demanded to be allowed to examine the captain Abdullah, and learned that he was already dead.

Then the eunuch Mesrour was carried forward, for walk he could not, owing to the wound that Abdullah had given him, and told all his tale, how he had suspected Abdullah, and, following him, had heard him and one of the brethren speaking in the tent, and the words that passed, and afterwards seen Abdullah with the jewel in his hand.
When he had finished Godwin asked which of them he had heard speaking with Abdullah, and he answered that he could not say, as their voices were so alike, but one voice only had spoken.
Then Rosamund was ordered to give her testimony, and said, truly enough, that she knew nothing of the plot and had not thought of this flight.