Part 12 (2/2)
Cerise was melancholy at the idea of my departure I kissed the tears away, and the time flew rapidly I persuaded her to allow me an interview after the family had retired, as I had much to say to her
”Well, well, we'll suppose all that,” observed the pacha, io on; you re”
”Yes, yes, your highness,” replied the renegade, so upon one of the marquis's horses, and rode as hard as I could to Toulon I deterain to try my fortune at sea, as I was afraid that I should be discovered if I remained on shore I purchased a sreeo, exchanged ain at the hness, is the history of e, and the incidents which resulted fro, ”there was too much love, and too little sea in it; but, I suppose, if you had left the first out it would not have been so long Mustapha, give hie to-ade growled out, ”If I am to tell any more stories, I must not be checked and dictated to I could have talked for an hour after I had met Cerise, if I had not been interrupted: as it was I cut the matter short”
”But, Selim,” replied Mustapha, ”the pacha is not fond of these sort of adventures: he likes so much more marvellous Could you not embellish a little?”
”How do you mean?”
”Holy Prophet! what do I mean!--Why, tell a few lies,--not adhere quite so much to matter of fact”
”Adhere to le fact yet!”
”What! is not all this true?”
”Not one word of it, as I hope to go to Heaven!”
”Bismillah!--what not about Marie and the convent--and Cerise?”
”All lies fro to end”
”And were you never a barber?”
”Never inapostrophes to the dead Cerise, when you observed that the pacha was impatient?”
”Merely because I was at fault, vizier, and wished to gain time, to consider what I should say next”
”Selireat talent; but e is more wonderful; I presume it will make no difference to you”
”None whatever; but the pacha is not a ive me my five pieces, and I'll be off: I'm choked with thirst, and shall not be coallon of wine”