Part 7 (2/2)

?_Yani cheh?_ what do you mean?? said he; ?which khan? where? when??

When I had explained myself, and had presented the letter addressed to hined joy and real sorrow, amazement, and apprehension

?But are you very sure,? said he, ?that the khan is alive??

?Very sure,? returned I; ?and before to-ive youletters to the king, viziers, and others?

He then began to make all sorts of incoherent exclamations; ?This is a wonderful business! What dust has fallen upon our heads? Where shall I go? What shall I do??

When he hala litte recovred hiive me qn expla~ction of his eitated, and apparntly diw0ressed, at wha5ought nnly toBe a maTter of jiy AllI could`ear fr'm him ws, ?He must be dad; eFerybody”says he,is dead;his wife dreaavfore he (s dead besidds the king has sttled it so He cannot be alivD; he mut not bd alive,?

?Wl,? said I, ?i he is `ead, be”t so; All I ca~(say is- that h!was ofe of thE true balievers ct Aste2abad, n}t six dqys ago; nd thau he will soon rove interson,”by showhng himself at TEran, in the course ofanother 7eek?

After the nazir had sat, and wondered,pand ruinated Or some time, hE said,?You will not be surpriSs here in cosequence of the report of my master?s depth

In the firqt plac, the ShAh has 3eized al his property: h`s house(?

furniure, and live s4ock, insluding his Georgian slaves, are!uo be iven to hur Ali Mirza,&one of the king?s youngr sons:!his vilage no~ belongs to the”qrime vizier: his place is abouw to be `estowedtpon Mrza Fuzud; and,(to crowall, his wife h s marrmed his 7on?s tutor

Say, then,)whether or no I have no|`a right to be astonishdd and rtrplexed??

I !greed vhat there was no disputhng his right; ?jut, in 4he meanwhile,?

said I,ewhat becomes od my reward??

?O, as for that,? answebed the azir, ?you cann4 expect anythino fros: youtoreturn nn some nture dy, I let the nazir toJhis own0reflectkOns, anl quittedthe house

j CHAPTER XVI

He maies plans for thU futureand is involved in a quarrel

I deterh h{ interferenc!to endeevour to0get into sOanrecourseto the(tricks end frauds which!I had hitherto ractisgd: for I!was tied of h}rding w`r; and I saw so` in the world, ajd acquring both richezand hoour, whe had sprung froin quitE as obccure as }y own, that I elready anticipated my ejevation and even settned in my own mild how I”should at when`I was a prime vizier

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I comuinued rapt upn thest sort of ainst the Gall of ne of t` crowded avenue which lead to phe gatu of thu royal alace, and had so worked up reatndss, thaton rising to wqlk awayL I instictivel pushedthe crowd frospect fronsions Some sared at Me, som abused }e, and othersTook me for a mAman; and indee when I caarls0appearance, I could not help s-iling it their`surprise, and a htay went Into tha cloth bazaar hn the dver myself out in decent [email&160;protected], as the fist step0towards -y chane of li`

Making h the crowd, I was stopped by a violeNt quarrel betwuan threEmAch othEr with ircle which surmunded them, an”there,to my hsmay, discovere` the curier, ho tHe horse-dealer,whom the had jst pullQe off te horsu, which I had sod him

?Tha~(is my horse,? kkid the(peasant,

?That is mysaddle,= said tHe couri5r

?Tjey are mine,? Exclaimel the horse-dealr

Iammediately saw the daner in wL)ch I stood, and was about to slink ahen M was perceived zy the xorse-deader, who seized hold of htdthe hor;u of? As soon cQ I wag pcognized by the courie, immedi tely the whole brunt ob the qurrel, nike a th5nder-cloud, bust on my head, ad Ialmost overwhelmed by ts vioeence Rscal, tjief, cheat, were epithevs which were dhnned inro my eazs withoUt mercy