Solyman and Almena Author:John Langhorne Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ' nient diftance to watch my motions. No ' fooner did he perceive the approach of ' Zara, than as well to gratify his revenge, ' as to ingratiate himfel... more »f with her father, he " immediately told him of our interview." CHAP. CHAP. VI. " 7 A R A, ignorant of what had pafled, " with her ufual freedom and good.na. " ture, began to exprefs her compaffion for the " misfortunes of Abbas, talked of his merits, " and wifhed to fee him preferred. The old ' genera);, who was naturally jealous and ira. " petuous, exclaimed, with a burft of indig. " nation, Yes, I mall prefer him! Early " the next morning he fent me my dif. " charge; and while I was gazing in ftupid " aftonifhment upon my general's letter a " youth, mafked, brought me a fmall cafket, " with a letter from Zara, which, to the " belt of my remembrance, was as follows: To Abbas. " By fome unlucky circumftance, which I ' do not now underftand, inftead of promoting " you, I have been the caufe of your difmif. " fion. The bearer, whobrings you a fmall " cafket of jewels for your fupport,. has my " commands to conduct you the fhortcft way ' over the mountains: follow him immcdi. ' ately, left the rage of jealoufy meditate new " perfecutions. He wears a mafk, ih.it he " may not be taken notice of as one .of the " general's domcftics: his attachment to me, " will make him faithful to you. Time may ' bring about happier events. " Ao'icu, adieu ! " Zara." " In the anguifh and confufion of my heart, " I followed my guide, without knowing whi. D thef' ther he was leading me, or what I was ' about to do. I vented my grief in broken ejaculations, frequently calling upon the ' name of Zara, but not once addreffihg " myfelf to my attendant. By the evening of the fecond day, we had advanced forty " m...« less