recline at ease, remote from every eye but those that reflect my own
felicity; the felicity that I shall taste in secret, surrounded by the
smiles of beauty, and the gaities of youth. Like heaven, I will reign
unseen; and like heaven, though unseen, I will be adored.' Osmyn
received this delegation of power with a tumultuous pleasure, that was
expressed only by silence and confusion. ALMORAN remarked it; and
exulting in the pride of power, he suddenly changed his aspect, and
regarding Osmyn, who was yet blushing, and whose eyes were swimming in
tears of gratitude, with a stern and ardent countenance; 'Let me,
however,' said he, 'warn thee to be watchful in thy trust: beware, that
no rude commotion violate my peace by thy fault; lest my anger sweep
thee in a moment to destruction.' He then directed his eye to Caled:
'And thou too,' said he, 'hast been faithful; be thou next in honour and
in power to Osmyn. Guard both of you my paradise from dread and care;
fulfill the duty that I have assigned you, and live.'

He was then informed by a messenger, that HAMET had escaped, and that
OMAR was taken. As he now despised the power both of HAMET and OMAR, he
expressed neither concern nor anger that HAMET had fled; but he ordered
OMAR to be brought before him.

When OMAR appeared bound and disarmed, he regarded him with a smile of
insult and derision; and asked him, what he had now to hope. 'I have,
indeed,' said OMAR, 'much less to hope, than thou hast to fear.' 'Thy
insolence,' said ALMORAN, 'is equal to thy folly: what power on earth is
there, that I should fear?' 'Thy own,' said OMAR. 'I have not leisure
now,' replied ALMORAN, 'to hear the paradoxes of thy philosophy
explained: but to shew thee, that I fear not thy power, thou shalt live.
I will leave thee to hopeless regret; to wiles that have been scorned
and defeated; to the unheeded petulance of dotage; to the fondness that