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the royal devotee
CHAPTER VIII.
Although Youghal had for the first few hours after
his return to the palace been occupied chiefly with
the pleasures of feasting, and in calculating the
various enjoyments in store for him, he still had
not forgotten his determination to revenge himself
upon the Pariah for her defection, as he was pleased
to term it, forgetting that she could no longer recogr
nize the slave Youghal under the form and linea-
ments of the saint Veramarken. He resolved,
nevertheless, to visit her with a signal chastisement,
especially as the superior charms of Maldavee had
entirely effaced those impressions once excited by
the less dazzling indeed, but not therefore the
less attractive, beauties of Mariataly. In conse-
quence of this determination, he ordered a drome-
dary to be dispatched to the mountain hamlet,
and the innocent maiden to be brought before him.
By the following morning her arrival was announced,
and her former lover heard with delight tidings
which foretold the accomplishment of his unnatural
revenge.
About an hour after dawn, the unhappy girl was
placed under a balcony, from which she could be
the royal devotee
CHAPTER VIII.
Although Youghal had for the first few hours after
his return to the palace been occupied chiefly with
the pleasures of feasting, and in calculating the
various enjoyments in store for him, he still had
not forgotten his determination to revenge himself
upon the Pariah for her defection, as he was pleased
to term it, forgetting that she could no longer recogr
nize the slave Youghal under the form and linea-
ments of the saint Veramarken. He resolved,
nevertheless, to visit her with a signal chastisement,
especially as the superior charms of Maldavee had
entirely effaced those impressions once excited by
the less dazzling indeed, but not therefore the
less attractive, beauties of Mariataly. In conse-
quence of this determination, he ordered a drome-
dary to be dispatched to the mountain hamlet,
and the innocent maiden to be brought before him.
By the following morning her arrival was announced,
and her former lover heard with delight tidings
which foretold the accomplishment of his unnatural
revenge.
About an hour after dawn, the unhappy girl was
placed under a balcony, from which she could be