Zoraida: A Romance of the Harem and the Great Sahara

Zoraida: A Romance of the Harem and the Great Sahara
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Le Queux William. Zoraida: A Romance of the Harem and the Great Sahara

Chapter One. Ali Ben Hafiz

Chapter Two. The Omen of the Camel’s Hoof

Chapter Three. Entrapped

Chapter Four. A Veiled Face

Chapter Five. Zoraida’s Pledge

Chapter Six. The Man with a Secret

Chapter Seven. A Forgotten Tragedy

Chapter Eight. The Fight in the Meskam

Chapter Nine. Uzanne, the Outcast

Chapter Ten. Humours from the Desert

Chapter Eleven. The City of the Sun

Chapter Twelve. An Oath to Messoudia

Chapter Thirteen. Night in the Harem

Chapter Fourteen. Seeking the Unknown

Chapter Fifteen. At the Shrine of Darkness

Chapter Sixteen. The Crescent of Glorious Wonders

Chapter Seventeen. Strange Confidences

Chapter Eighteen. A Hidden Tragedy

Chapter Nineteen. Dead Fingers

Chapter Twenty. After the Fâtiha

Chapter Twenty One. A Startling Revelation

Chapter Twenty Two. Mákita’s Enemies

Chapter Twenty Three. The Treasure of Askiá

Chapter Twenty Four. Slave of the Sultan

Chapter Twenty Five. The Eunuch’s Scimitar

Chapter Twenty Six. In the Courts of Love

Chapter Twenty Seven. The False Cadi

Chapter Twenty Eight. On the Pinnacle of Al Arâf

Chapter Twenty Nine. Labakan

Chapter Thirty. The Hall of the Great Death

Chapter Thirty One. Kaylúlah

Chapter Thirty Two. The Ghuzzat of the Senousya

Chapter Thirty Three. A Penalty of Beauty

Chapter Thirty Four. Under the Green Banner

Chapter Thirty Five. Betrayed!

Chapter Thirty Six. The Bond of Blood

Chapter Thirty Seven. By the Drum of Nâr

Chapter Thirty Eight. Hadj Absalam’s Decree

Chapter Thirty Nine. Mohammed Ben Ishak

Chapter Forty. The Key to the Mystery

Chapter Forty One. Through Rose Mists

Chapter Forty Two. Vagaries of Vision

Chapter Forty Three. The Great White Diadem

Chapter Forty Four. Le Commencement de la Fin

Chapter Forty Five. The Price of Silence

Chapter Forty Six. Some Amazing Facts

Chapter Forty Seven. Conclusion

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On over the barren sand-hills, always in the track of the setting sun, each day passed much as its predecessor. I was no stranger to Northern Africa, for the wild, free life, unshackled by conventionalities, had a fascination for me, and consequently I had accompanied caravans through Tunis and Tripoli, and had wandered a good deal in Morocco. In the course of these journeys I had learned to love the Arabs, and had formed the acquaintance of many powerful Sheikhs, several of whom I now counted among my most faithful and devoted friends. Indeed, it was to join one of them, the head of the Tédjéhé-N’ou-Sidi, that I was now on my way south to Zamlen, in the Afelèle region.

After three years among the True Believers, I had at last overcome most of the difficulties of language, and could converse with them in their own tongue. It may have been this which commended itself to pious old Ali Ben Hafiz, for throughout our journey he was particularly gracious, though he bored me sometimes with his constant objurgatory remarks regarding Infidels in general and myself in particular. Once in exuberance of spirits I so far forgot myself as to whistle a popular English air, and although we were excellent friends, he reprimanded me so severely that I am not likely to forget that among the followers of the Prophet whistling is forbidden.

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Her answer was a stinging rebuff.

“None of thy people are here to witness,” I urged. “Let me for one second unclasp thy adjar and gaze upon thy countenance;” and at the same time I made a movement as if to tear away the tantalising veil that concealed her features.

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