Evening star., 1933-05-30
CHAPTER XIII.
Beware of RaiSul,

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7HIA..a I.a 5sts ssisoll tl 3ia. s4n'ln"fS aHs h' i
| without conscience, heart
i soul or bowels of compassion
Raisul fears neither man, nor
beast, nor fiend, nor Allah himself. Raj
| sui is a devil incarnate, and would spit
upon the beard of the Prophet"
Hey, Lady Mother" yawned jules
Let's talk about Raisul shall we?"
'I am talking about Raisul.'
mol"
"And I say, beware of Raisul. Pla-
cate him. consider him, and please MIN
| in everything. For, before long, ne
will rule this castle and this town OF
Mekazzen and this County OF the Gun
and, some day, he will rule Morocco.
Even now, when orders are glVlN'
the voice is the voice OF the kald, put
the words are the words OF Ralsul. AND
Zainub. his mother has influence Win
him-much influence. the haio
ceased to indulge Raisul, TO obey RAJ
sul: if the Kaid thwarted him in any
matter upon which he had set his heart'
and Raisul decided that his father
had lived long enough, Zainub would
help Raisul.
with that smile of his, This Will give
the Kaid, my father, wonderful dreams
long. long Dreams Zainub would put
1t in his coffee, or his wine"
"Scheherazade, my soul, you're getting
morbid. These things positively are not
done nowadays. You're old-fashloneo'
absolutely Victorian"
"I have dwelt in the dark rooms OF
this castle for a quarter OF century,
my son, and :"
want a change, darling. You want
week end at Brighton"
and I know what know. Lis
ten to me, Jules, my son, that your days
may be long upon the earth, and those
of YOUR dear father, my husband and
lord. also. I say to you now, ana say
to YOU daily, even though you come 10
hate the sound of my voice,
"'Raisul rules; beware OF Raisul;
offend him not; obey him, please MIN
and placate him."
And why all this fuss, just now' oh'
my mother?"
'My son. never be a knave, but oh.
ten thousand times, / say. never be
fool. Listen. This Raisul, your cousin,
the son of my brother, is not only the
greatest of knaves, but so clever tnat
he thinks all other men are fools. he
thinks you are a fool. He made 1901
OIL YOU ldSL IllBIlI. yOu ~
"Well. that amused me more than II
did him" smiled Jules Maligni.
did it?" inquired his mother dryly.
"Well, he made you drunk, for your
father, watching, saw. And IN tnaV'
my son, you were fool"
IT certainly gathered in head and
a mouth of love, and that was foolish
thing to do"
THAT is nothing :"
"Oh. is it?"
Nothing, and less than nothing. You
were a fool in that you let Raisul make
a fool of you. You let Raisul get the
upper hand and take the higher ground.
1t is not for sultans to make viziers
drunk, and mock them and desplse
them, and get the better OF them.
TT is for viziers to make sultans
drunk and bend them to their will; OBJ
tain mastery and influence and power
over them; make sultans sign what viz
iers have written; make Sultans say
what viZiers think; 1t is for viziers to
guide them and lead them and drive
them and ride them. as the weakest
man can ride the strongest stallion, or
the sWiftest camel.
"Let not this RaiSul make you drunk
again, or i'll will come of it-great Ill in
great matters, as well as little Ill in little
things"
Lady Ell lisa Beth el Ain paused in
the torrent of her speech and in her
tanning of her son.
"A little Ill hath already befallen," !"
she said quietly.
"If you call this head a little III. . :"
"I don't call it even that, my son.
A far, far worse i'll than that befell; for
that pale English girl your wife, in
suited and angered Raisul, our master;
Raisul, in the hollow of whose hand lie
the fortunes of your father and your
self and me-"
'What?" cried Jules, suddenly Sit
! ting upright on the diYan.