grieved had not quenched his affection; and as he was now no longer
restrained by the deference due from a subject to his king, he ran to
him, and catching him to his breast attempted to speak; but his heart
was too full, and he could express his affection and joy only by his
tears. ALMORAN rather suffered than received the embrace; and after a
few ceremonies, to which neither of them could much attend, they retired
to separate apartments.




CHAP. II.


When ALMORAN was alone, he immediately locked the door; and throwing
himself upon a sofa in an agony of vexation and disapointment, of which
he was unwilling there should be any witness, he revolved in his mind
all the pleasures and honours of supreme dominion which had now suddenly
been snatched from him, with a degree of anguish and regret, not
proportioned to their real, but their imaginary value. Of future good,
that which we obtain is found to be less than our expectations; but that
of which we are disappointed, we suppose would have been more: thus do
the children of hope extract evil, both from what they gain, and from
what they lose. But ALMORAN, after the first tumult of his mind had
subsided, began to consider as well what was left him, as what had been
taken away. He was still without a superior, though he had an equal; he
was still a king, though he did not govern alone: and with respect to
every individual in his dominions, except one, his will would now be a
law; though with respect to the public, the concurrence of his brother
would be necessary to give it force. 'Let me then,' says he, 'make the