'
'But Keferinis has given the word that all are to guard over the
strangers as over the Queen herself, and that one is a prince, who is
unquestionably one of us.'
'My father had counted a hundred and ten years when he left us, Azaz,
and he had twenty-four children, and when he was at the point of death
he told us two things: one was, never to forget what we were; and the
other, that never in his time had one like us ever visited our country.'
'Eagles again fly over Gibel Kiflis: methinks the strangers must be at
hand.'
'May their visit lead to no evil to them or to us!'
'Have you misgivings?'
'We are alone among men: let us remain so.'
'You are right. I was once at Haleb (Aleppo); I will never willingly
find myself there again.'
'Give me the mountains, the mountains of our fathers, and the beautiful
things that can be seen only by one of us!'
'They are not to be found in the bazaars of Haleb; in the gardens of
Damascus they are not to be sought.'
'Oh! who is like the Queen who reigns over us? I know to whom she is to
be compared, but I will not say; yet you too know, my brother in arms.'
'Yes; there are things which are not known in the bazaars of Haleb; in
the gardens of Damascus they are not to be sought.
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