"When we were young," said the old Turk with the white beard to his
companion, shaking his head, "when we were young -- "
"We conquered Anatolia, and never opened our mouths," rejoined his
companion.
"I never offered an opinion till I was sixty," said the old Turk; "and
then it was one which had been in our family for a century."
"No wonder Hunniades carries everything before him," said his
companion.
"And that accursed Iskander," said the old man.
The chief eunuch, finishing his vase of sherbet, moved away. The
Armenian physician followed him.
CHAPTER 9
The chief eunuch turned into a burial-ground, through which a way led,
by an avenue of cypress-trees, to the quarter of the Seraglio. The
Armenian physician, accompanied by his page, followed him.
"Noble sir!" said the Armenian physician; "may I trespass for a moment
on your lordship's attention?"
"Worthy Hakim, is it you?" replied the chief eunuch, turning round with
an encouraging smile of courteous condescension, "your pleasure?"
"I would speak to you of important matters," said the physician.
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