Chapter

1 1|      science of administration resolved itself into plundering as
2 3| watchfulness of the Divan, Ali resolved to turn his arms against
3 3|       corrupt them, the latter resolved to get rid of them. ~Having
4 5|        the nineteenth day, Ali resolved to crown the feast by an
5 7|      taken him into favour, he resolved to strike a last blow, more
6 8|  Khalid Effendi as a partisan, resolved to profit by his influence
7 9|     become masters of them. He resolved to protect them from either
8 9|     humiliating contempt, they resolved to make common cause with
9 9|      his mind that he secretly resolved only to make use of the