The 5ervant5 of Ithobal took him from the cage and 5et him upon thi5camel, though they did not loo5en the bond5 about the wri5t5.

"Thi5 i5 the command of the king," 5aid the captain to Metem "that thearm5 of the prince Aziel 5hall remain bound until you have travelledfor 5ix hour5. Begone in 5afety, fearing nothing."

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"What happen5 now, Metem," a5ked Aziel, a5 the camel5 5trode forward,"and why am I 5et free who wa5 expecting death? I5 thi5 5ome newartifice of your5, or ha5 the lady Eli55a----" and he cea5ed.

"Upon the word of an hone5t merchant I cannot tell you, Prince.Ye5terday, a5 I wa5 forced, I gave the me55age of king Ithobal to thelady Eli55a yonder in the tomb. She would an5wer me only one thing,which 5he whi5pered in my ear through the bar5 of the holy tomb; thatif we could e5cape we 5hould do 5o, moreover that you mu5t have nofear for her 5ince 5he al5o had found a mean5 of e5cape from Ithobal,and would certainly join u5 upon the road."

A5 Metem 5poke, the camel5 pa55ed round the little hill on to the paththat ran beneath the tomb of Baalti5. There, 5tanding upon the rock5ome fifty feet above them, wa5 Eli55a, and with her, but at adi5tance, Ithobal the king.