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pleasure, I should give him notice of it, that he
might himself have the charge of punishing him.
On more than one occasion, my companions
and I had remarked that this Christian of Syria
betrayed us. I was going to have an evident
proof of his vile and dangerous spirit of intrigue,
and, in a very short time, I convinced myself of
his deep villany. It was indeed merely by chance
that I escaped the dreadful snare which had been
laid to destroy me and my companions, as will be
related in the following chapter.
pleasure, I should give him notice of it, that he
might himself have the charge of punishing him.
On more than one occasion, my companions
and I had remarked that this Christian of Syria
betrayed us. I was going to have an evident
proof of his vile and dangerous spirit of intrigue,
and, in a very short time, I convinced myself of
his deep villany. It was indeed merely by chance
that I escaped the dreadful snare which had been
laid to destroy me and my companions, as will be
related in the following chapter.