Chapter

 1     I|        am only a poor man."~ ~"Oh, as for that, I also am
 2     I| exclaimed to Halil Patrona:~ ~"Oh, humane Chorbadshi, you
 3   III|     which issues from thy lips oh, mighty Padishah! Yes, I
 4   III|        what these circles are, oh Padishah! They are the ishtifan
 5   III|       seven gifts of felicity, oh Padishah, that the bridegroom
 6   III|        west if it be thy will, oh Padishah!" And the Chief
 7   III|       these were his words:~ ~"Oh! my master! Allah hath appointed
 8   III|      the flood. And know also, oh Padishah, that, but the
 9   III|       These are no good omens, oh, my master! and if thou
10   III|       defend thy Empire. Bear, oh Padishah! with my grey hairs,
11    IV|      and held her for a long - oh, so long! - time to his
12    IV|     honest baltaji.1 Sit down, oh, worthy Mussulman," he continued,
13    IV|     not more of it!"[Pg 94]~ ~"Oh, no regrets, worthy Mussulman,
14     V|    hither!"~ ~"Such a message, oh, my master, will be her
15     V|       thou die out of my life, oh, thou light of my days?"~ ~
16     V|      is still far distant."~ ~"Oh, Achmed! when anyone's star
17     V|  turned my face from thee?"~ ~"Oh, Achmed! the Wind does not
18     V|       able to follow thee."~ ~"Oh, say not so, say not so!"
19     V|      his might:~ ~"Trample me, oh, my master, beneath the
20   VII| trampled upon one of them!"~ ~"Oh, my master! tulips bloom
21   VII|     tell them to be quiet."~ ~"Oh, sir, you speak as if you
22  VIII|        Weep not on my account, oh Padishah! A brave man is
23  VIII|       keep waking us so often, oh, my master?" said he, "we
24  VIII|    into their hands alive."~ ~"Oh, sir," implored Sulali, "
25  VIII|        thou want yet more?"~ ~"Oh, no, no, Halil. I am afraid
26  VIII|   bathe in all this glory?"~ ~"Oh, Halil! the rose and the
27  VIII|        a common Janissary?"~ ~"Oh! I know thee better than
28  VIII|  coldly replied:~ ~"Know then, oh, Sheik Suleiman, that thou
29    IX|   length ventured to speak.~ ~"Oh, my master! who is valiant
30    IX|    reassuringly; "remain here, oh, my master, till I return.
31    IX|        feet.~ ~"Live for ever, oh, Sultan!" he cried, "and
32     X|        said, still smiling:~ ~"Oh, Adsalis! who would ever
33    XI|    loathe the battlefield, and oh, horrible! they blaspheme
34    XI|      still circulate among us. Oh! ever since Baltaji suffered
35  XIII|     more in the little hut ... oh, happy delusion!~ ~And thus