The Saracen, or Matilda and Malek Adhel, Vol. 2: A Crusade-Romance, from the French of Madame Cottin, with an Historical Introduction (Classic Reprint

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Excerpt from The Saracen, or Matilda and Malek Adhel, Vol. 2: A Crusade-Romance, From the French of Madame Cottin, With an Historical IntroductionIN a few moments the Prince had collected to gether all the Christians who were at Cairo he supplied them with arms, spoke to them himself, recommended that they should leave the city sepa rately, and meet at a certain place he mentioned near the ruins of Heliopolis: there they were to 'wait for him, and he promised to join them with the English Princess and the unknown knight, whose name he feared even to tell the Christians. From the activity he displayed in all these prepa~ rations, the diligence with which his commands were executed, the impatient and anxious manner in which he pressed the departure, one would have thought he was forwarding his own happiness ah much more - it was Matilda's safety.' Agita ted, disordered, he returned to her. All is rea dy, said he, your women and your palanquins are waiting for you, you will go out secretly through one of the private doors of the palace, Kaled willoonduct you. O Malek Adhel 1 re plied she, rising, I am going far away from you but before I leave you, will you not tell me what. Is to become of you, and in what manner you will escape Saladin's anger? I know not, replied he, one only thought engages my attention, but that is not it. Ask me nothing more, Matilda, do not speak to me, spare my weakness, in the name of your own dear safety, depart, for I am not sure a minute hence of having the fortitude of.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.