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SALADIN (turning over the leaves of the breviary).
They are my brother's children. Shall I not Acknowledge them and claim them? Or shall I Abandon them to you? (Speaking aloud.) Sittah, they are The children of my brother and of yours. (Rushes to embrace them.)
SITTAH (following his example).
What do I hear? Could it be otherwise?
SALADIN (to the Templar).
Proud youth! from this time forward you are bound To love me. (To Recha.) And henceforth, without your leave Or with it, I am what I vowed to be.
SITTAH.
And so am I.
SALADIN (to the Templar).
My son! my Assad's son!
TEMPLAR.
I of your blood! Then those were more than dreams With which they used to lull my infancy-- (Falls at Sultan's feet.)
SALADIN (raising him).
There, mark the rascal! though he knew something Of what has chanced, he was content that I Should have become his murderer! Beware. (The curtain falls whilst they repeatedly embrace each other in silence.)
END OF VOL. I.
LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.
York Street, Covent Garden, November, 1877.
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ANCIENT ATHENS; its History, Topography, and Remains. By T. H. Dyer,