"He is here.
Shall he advance? Alexis," called cut, Iskander, not waiting for her
reply. The page of the physician came forward, but the eunuch
accompanied him. "All is right," said Iskander to Kaflis. "We are
sure of our hundred purses. But, without doubt, with any other aid,
the case were desperate."
"There is but one God," said the eunuch, polishing his carbuncle, with
a visage radiant as the gem. "I never repented patronizing men of
science. The prince waits without. Come along!" He took Iskander by
the arm. "Where is your boy? What are you doing there, sir ?"
inquired the eunuch, sharply, of Nicaeus, who, was tarrying behind, and
kissing the hand of Iduna.
"I was asking the lady for a favour to go to the coffee-house with;"
replied Nicaeus, "you forget that I am to have none of the hundred
purses."
"True," said the eunuch; "there is something in that. Here, boy, here
is a piastre for you. I like to encourage men of science, and all that
belong to them. Do not go and spend it all in one morning, boy, and
when the fair captive is cured, if you remind me, boy, perhaps I may
give you another.
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