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men ,iodwln answered.: Sire. we love her and are aftiunced to her The sultan stared at them in surprise. What! Both of you?' he asked Yes. botll.'
 Aud doth she love you both?''
 Yes replied Goodwin, both, or 10 she says
 Saladin stroked his beard and "on- sidered them, while Hassan sn..led 8 little
 i Then. knglts,' he said presently, tell me which of you does sEle love besty'
 That, sire is known to Ter alone. When the time comes she will say, and not before
 T perceive" said Sala,iin, that be hind this riddle hides q story. If if is your good pleasure. be seated and set it out to me-
 So they sat down on the divan and obeyed, keeping nothing back from the beginning to the end nor, although the tale was long, did the sultan weary of listening.
 "A great story, truly he said when at length they had finished. and one in which l seem to see the hand of Allah. Now, listen. The tale that those two Frankish knaves. the priest and the false knight L0Zelie, told to you was true. As l wrote to your uncle ill my letter, I dreamed a dream. Thrice l T fI,s. and that if l could bring her here to dwell at my side she should save the shedding of much blood by some noble decd of hers--ayc of the blood of tens of thousands and ill that dream I SEW her face. Therefore l stretched out my arm and took her from far away. And now. through you-yes, through yo1- she has been snatehed from the power of the great assassin and is safe in my court and therefore henccforth am your friend.''
 ''Sire, have you seen her?' asked Goodwin.
 Knights, l have seen her. and the face is the face of my dreams, and therefore 1 know full surely that in those dreams God spoke. Listen, Sir Goodwin and Sir Wulf." Saladin went on in changed voice. stern, com manding voice. Ask of me what you will. and. Franks though you are, it shall be given you for your services sake-wealth, lands, titles, all that men me my niece, Rose of the World, Prn- cess of Baalbec, whom Allah has brought to me for his own purposes. Know. moreover, that if you strive to steal her away you shall certainty die, and that if she escapes from me and l recapture her. then she shall die. These things have told her already, and l swear them in the name of Allah. Here she is, and in my house she must abide until the vision be fulflled.''
 Now, in their dismay the brethren looked at each other for they seemed further from their desire than they had been even in the castle of Sinan. Then . light broke upon the face of Gotlwin, and he stood up and answered:
 "Dread lord of all tue east, we hear you and we know our risk. You have given us your friendship. We accept 1t and are thankful and seek no more. God, you say. has brought our lady Rosamund to you for his own pur- poses. of which you have no doubt since her face is the very face of your dreams. Then let his purposes be ac complished according to his will, which may be in some way that we little guess
 Well spoken replied Saladin. T have warned you. my guests. There fore blame me not if I keep my word. but I ask no promise from you who would not tempt noble knights to lie. Yes, Allah has set this strange riddle. By Allah let it be answered in his sea son."