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terers, and I had a capital opportunity of playing
the great man. But I was thinking of other
things than of the idiots who were teasing me;
the injunctions which Ismain had laid upon me
never quitted my imagination. 1 was conscious
that I did not possess the gift of miracles, and that
was absolutely necessary to enable me to satisfy
him. I determined to abandon a delicate situa-
tion which I was not in a condition to fill. After
having dined, the prince fell asleep, and I availed
myself of that circumstance to return to Luxor,
where a Cophtish Catholic, whom I had seen at
Neguade, had already entertained me.
On awakening, the prince unfortunately turned
his thoughts on me : he cried out with all his
might, Feu hakim ? Fen hakim ? (Where is the
physician ? Where is the physician ?) When he
learnt that I was at Luxor, he dispatched a mes-
senger after me to say, that Mourat Bey having
sent me to his assistance, I must not think of quit-
ting him, and that from that period I was his phy-
sician. This message concluded with an order to
hold myself in readiness the next day, to accom-
pany Ismain in his journey. Sheep and provisions
of every kind followed the messenger, and were
presented to me in the name of my illustrious and
whimsical patient.
I felt
TRAVELS IN UPPER
terers, and I had a capital opportunity of playing
the great man. But I was thinking of other
things than of the idiots who were teasing me;
the injunctions which Ismain had laid upon me
never quitted my imagination. 1 was conscious
that I did not possess the gift of miracles, and that
was absolutely necessary to enable me to satisfy
him. I determined to abandon a delicate situa-
tion which I was not in a condition to fill. After
having dined, the prince fell asleep, and I availed
myself of that circumstance to return to Luxor,
where a Cophtish Catholic, whom I had seen at
Neguade, had already entertained me.
On awakening, the prince unfortunately turned
his thoughts on me : he cried out with all his
might, Feu hakim ? Fen hakim ? (Where is the
physician ? Where is the physician ?) When he
learnt that I was at Luxor, he dispatched a mes-
senger after me to say, that Mourat Bey having
sent me to his assistance, I must not think of quit-
ting him, and that from that period I was his phy-
sician. This message concluded with an order to
hold myself in readiness the next day, to accom-
pany Ismain in his journey. Sheep and provisions
of every kind followed the messenger, and were
presented to me in the name of my illustrious and
whimsical patient.
I felt