I follow thee, constant as thy shadow; tho', as thy shadow, unnoticed or
neglected: here shall mine eye watch those evils, that were appointed
from everlasting to attend upon guilt: and here shall my voice warn thee
of their approach. From thy breast may they be averted by righteousness!
for without this, though all the worlds that roll above thee should, to
aid thee, unite all their power, that power can aid thee only to be
wretched.'

ALMORAN, in all the pride of gratified ambition, invested with dominion
that had no limits, and allied with powers that were more than mortal;
was overawed by this address, and his countenance grew pale. But the
next moment, disdaining to be thus controuled by the voice of a slave,
his cheeks were suffused with the blushes of indignation: he turned from
OMAR, in scorn, anger, and confusion, without reply; and OMAR departed
with the calm dignity of a benevolent and superior being, to whom the
smiles and frowns of terrestrial tyranny were alike indifferent, and in
whom abhorrence of the turpitude of vice was mingled with companion for
its folly.




CHAP. XII.


In the mean time, ALMEIDA, who had been conveyed to an apartment in
ALMORAN'S seraglio, and delivered to the care of those who attended upon
his women, suffered all that grief and terror could inflict upon a
generous, a tender, and a delicate mind; yet in this complicated
distress, her attention was principally fixed upon HAMET. The