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All was thrown down in a heap at the other end of the adowara, and the old sheyk kept guard over it, allowing no one to touch it.

A Modern Telemachus Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Arthur had by this time made out that the sheyk, who was a very handsome man over middle-age, seemed to have two wives; one probably of his own age, and though withered up into a brown old mummy, evidently the ruler at home, wearing the most ornaments, and issuing her orders in a shrill, cracked tone.

A Modern Telemachus Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

It proved that the Bey of Constantina had sent to demand the party, threatening to send an armed force to compel their surrender; but, alas! the hope of a return to comparative civilisation was instantly quashed, for the sheyk showed himself furious.

A Modern Telemachus Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

At the rate at which the traffic in Yusuf's tent proceeded, Arthur Hope was likely to have some little time for deliberation on the question presented to him whether to be a free Moslem sheyk or a Christian slave.

A Modern Telemachus Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

The sheyk would sell him, and he would either be made to work in some mountain-farm, or put on board a galley; and Yusuf had sufficient experience of the horrors of the latter to assure him emphatically that the gude leddy of Burnside would break her heart to think of her bonny laddie there.

A Modern Telemachus Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

The sheyk and Eyoub evidently regarded them as private property, stood in front, and permitted nobody to handle them, which was so far a comfort.

A Modern Telemachus Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

This, and he pointed to a fine-looking elderly man, was the sheyk of the village, Abou Ben

A Modern Telemachus Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Meantime, ever since the sunset prayer, there had been smoking of pipes and drinking of coffee, and earnest discussion between the sheyk and the merchant, and by and by Yusuf came and sat himself down by Arthur, smiling a little at the young man's difficulty in disposing of those long legs upon the ground.

A Modern Telemachus Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

It absolutely daunted the fellow: his arm dropped, and he gazed at her like some supernatural creature; and the sheyk, enraged at the interference with his property, darted forth to defend it, and there was a general wrangling.

A Modern Telemachus Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Nevertheless, there was a courteous and leisurely smoking of pipes and drinking of coffee before the sheyk and his followers turned homewards.

A Modern Telemachus Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862