Come, Nicaeus, we have to struggle with
a mighty fortune. Let us be firm as Fate itself."
CHAPTER 8
Immediately after his interview with Nicaeus, Iskander summoned some of
the chief citizens of Croia to the citadel, and submitting to them his
arrangements for the administration of Epirus, announced the necessity
of his instant departure for a short interval; and the same evening,
ere the moon had risen, himself and the Prince of Athens quitted the
city, and proceeded in the direction of Adrianople. They travelled
with great rapidity until they reached a small town upon the frontiers,
where they halted for one day. Here, in the Bazaar, Iskander purchased
for himself the dress of an Armenian physician. In his long dark
robes, and large round cap of black wool, his face and hands stained,
and his beard and mustachios shaven, it seemed impossible that be could
be recognised. Nicaeus was habited as his page, in a dress of coarse
red cloth, setting tight to his form, with a red cap, with a long blue
tassel. He carried a large bag containing drugs, some surgical
instruments, and a few books.
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