The Alhambra . ^^^i* ^ WSi\^. Gibraltar. of my native country. id then to see three such noble andhandsome youths in chains and slavery ! Here the kind-hearted old woman could not restrain hertears. 312 THE ALHAMBRA Perhaps, mother, you could manage to procure us a sightof these cavaHers, said Zayda. I think, said Zorayda, a Httle music would be quitereviving. The timid Zorahayda said nothing, but threw her arms roundthe neck of Kadiga. ]Mercy on me ! exclaimed the discreet old woman, whatare you talking of, my children ? Your father would be thedeath of us all if he heard of such a thing. To
The Alhambra . ^^^i* ^ WSi\^. Gibraltar. of my native country. id then to see three such noble andhandsome youths in chains and slavery ! Here the kind-hearted old woman could not restrain hertears. 312 THE ALHAMBRA Perhaps, mother, you could manage to procure us a sightof these cavaHers, said Zayda. I think, said Zorayda, a Httle music would be quitereviving. The timid Zorahayda said nothing, but threw her arms roundthe neck of Kadiga. ]Mercy on me ! exclaimed the discreet old woman, whatare you talking of, my children ? Your father would be thedeath of us all if he heard of such a thing. To be sure, thesecavaliers are evidently well-bred, and high-minded youths ; butwhat of that ? they are the enemies of our faith, and you mustnot even think of them but with abhorrence. There is an admirable intrepidity in the female will, par-ticularly when about the marriageable age, which is not to bedeterred by dangers and prohibitions. The princesses hunground their old duenna^ and coaxed, and entreated and declaredthat a
Size: 1915px × 1304px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublisherlondon, bookyear190
