chater three at the gate f tahbaan (第9/19页)
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wn house. And we both pray and charge you to come hither as speedily as you may that we may be delighted with your face and speech; and also that you may bring with you the dowry of my wife, which, by reason of my great charges and expenses, I require without delay. And because thou and I are brothers I assure myself that you will not be angered by the haste of my marriage which is wholly occasioned by the great love I bear your daughter.And I commit you to the care of all the gods. '
"As soon as I had done this I rode on in all haste from Azim Balda, fearing no pursuit and expecting that my father,having received such a letter, would send messages to Ahoshta or go to him himself, and that before the matter was discovered I should be beyond Tashbaan. And that is the pith of my story until this very night when I was chased by lions and met you at the swimming of the salt water.
"And what happened to the girl—the one you drugged ?" asked Shasta.
"Doubtless she wa
