The Hawk of Egypt

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when I m

y water or

fall in the

my road

ABRIEL

-teller in the Winter Garden. They've made the corner near the fountain like an Ar

ng the stars,

's sure to

her chair and looked at the excit

. A Light of the H

ould be the only one. And there are two and a half dozen Sheikhs, and I don't know how many

between the eyebrows which connects the yashmak and the tar

an woman of the

brass rings, which clashed as she moved. She wore the black yashmak and tarhah; upon her arms were many brass bracelets which tinkled; on one hand she wore a ring and there were flesh-coloured silken hose and sandals upon her fee

was she infinitely alluring, tantil

ce the looks by the simple method of touching up th

nd masks will have to

Damaris, as she knelt down beside

Missie? Don'

ington, hurling his gr

loves yo

ne Coop. "And I firmly believe he

ondly up at the plump maid and tying a huge crims

he going

n the part of Miss Damaris, because nothing as solid as him,"

got to h

"Gargoyle, my dear," she whispered, "is

ng down the corridor as they

on the top of her ebony stick; a priceless lace veil fastened over her head by a fragile wreath of diamond leaves fell almost to the hem of her dress behind. She had discarded the terrifying perruque, and her own

ry old woman to you

mak to one side, kissed the jewelled hand. "You are too beautiful

d of bad habits, chéri

down. By the way, wh

e muffled reply from behind th

lace was packed, but nowhere was the crowd so suff

size. "He told me about that terrible time when I lost so much at bridge-you remember, de

een a guest at Hurd

's he

ink he's quite common; his clothes are quite poor. I believe he is one of th

th down the lis

are four of them, and I ca

o was twenty-fifth down

corner of the Winter Garden, which had been te

said gently, giving

ands to forehead, mouth and heart,

replied as gently, which

upon a cushion on the floor that Damaris seated herself, with her back against the canvas drapery of the wall, motioning the Arab to a cushion near her, whilst her

ed, those two with the jewel-hilted, r

ell a s

game of make-believe to notice that he made use of neither sand nor stars nor the lines

O woman, and both stretch,

ere is shade upon this path, for, behold, the scorching sun of passion may not penetrate the leaves of the trees of tranquillity;

nce, flows ever beside it, on its way to the Ocean

ball-room, causing the girl suddenly to stretch out her hands, upon which shon

o the

d in desire. The vast plain where knowledge walks hand-in-hand with death; where the footprints of horror, fear, starvation, thirst, which are but the footprints of jealousy and love desired and fulfilled,

man's feet t

ve will have come to her, maybe for a day, maybe for a second of time, but a love which will mingle her soul with the soul of her desert lover, or shatter her body, even

r head and sat quite still, her wonderful

et, intoxicated with the mystery of her, afire wi

her by the wrists and

a foot upon the desert sand, lest perchance a bir

lly, as in a steel vise, so that he had b

e, woman. Why? Wh

wled

fingers in hers, crushing them u

oman. What know'st th

'st thou

touched the silver tray of sa

hing for that which thou desirest thou shalt, surrounded by thy women who love thee, pass down the river even unto Thebes of the H

the south-east, upon which, to see it better, the girl drew close

Prophet of Allah the one and only God. White is the mare, and beautiful, yea, even is she like unto thee, thou woman of ivory; her bit is of silver, her bridle

ng-dead Queen! They are the talk of Cairo, but

has even set foot within the Tents of Purple and of Gold; no one but the m

I come, what-wha

master alone shall greet thee, and when thou hast found that fo

nk I mean-is it in yo

ld

within the Temple of A

and the

from some part of the hotel there drifted

hee is as the

se face she had not plainly se

mething, anything, so that I shall know that if I eve

spoke to

y placed her foot upon the desert sand, and whilst common sense urged her to get out of the room, she

t dawn near all that remaineth upright of the City o

s. "I can't find a horse, a good one, an

e afar off as thou ridest into the desert at dawn, fear not; for behold, is thy bea

her hand towards

ou know w

which is as the

to know more about this man and an innat

hand upon thee, as surely should I pollute thee. There is that within me which cries aloud, urging me to lead thy feet upon the burning desert sands; and, again,

re to tell me your trouble,

I am a teller of fortunes, one day will I sit at thy feet and, for th

-should like to-to give you something so as-as to show yo

r hands and tu

at her for a momen

ite still as the torrent surged, about them. "Give

held out

ms a poor reward for al

ve it th

it out, showing a bruise a

"that I should mark thee thu

old setting held an emerald in the fo

it over in the palm of h

dress of fantasy. Behold, it is an amulet of the heart, of-nay, I cannot tell t

eart, my mother. My heart w

g the ring with finger-tips which fe

amulet of

ody for purposes of preservation, an amulet, a scarab, sometimes heart-shape

n the jewel, the girl's finger-t

he said soft

it the golden setting of the ring. I will wear it upon my breast." And, bending, he gently raised the y