“But I am not complaining,” she said. “What I meant was that I thought I was beginning to see how much better it was that it should be so, because we can’t tell what is before us. Why, when we left Sardiyeh, I felt so miserable that I told Um Yusuf that I should like to stay there always. She said that was only foolishness, but it was what I really felt, and just think what I should have missed if I had been able to do as I liked! And at the very beginning, too, before I came out here at all, if my life had been as I planned it, I should have been teaching the children at home still, and I should never have left England--nor met Charlie.” “And that would have been a loss?” asked Sir Dugald. Cecil gave him a glance of pity and reproach. “A very great loss,” she said. THE END. FOOTNOTES. [01] Emineh this name, the feminine form of Emin or Amin, is the Amina of the earlier translations of the ‘Arabian Nights.’ Khanum means lady. [02] Baghdad is not now a station of the London Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews. The Church Missionary Society has a medical mission there. [03] Jamileh this name is also spelt Gemila, Djamilé, and Jameelie. The last form gives the pronunciation. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES. Sydney C. Grier was the pseudonym of Hilda Caroline Gregg. This book is part of the author’s “Modern East” series. The full series, in order, being: The Flag of the Adventurer Two Strong Men The Advanced-Guard His Excellency’s English Governess Peace With Honour The Warden of the Marches The last line on page 308 is missing, leaving the sentence “If the Pasha were here, I would go straight to” unfinished. I have marked this lacuna in the text. This flaw (as well as those below) is also present in the 1896 and 1902 Blackwood (UK) editions. If you can provide the missing text from an authoritative source please contact Project Gutenberg support. Alterations to the text: A few minor punctuation corrections--mostly involving the pairing of quotation marks. Note: minor spelling and hyphenization inconsistencies have been left as is. [Title Page] Add brief note indicating this novel’s position in the series. See above. [Footnotes] Relabel footnote markers, collect footnotes at end of text, and add an entry to the TOC. [Chapter III] Change “mingled Turkish, Circassian, and _Egyptain_ blood” to _Egyptian_. [Chapter VII] “they were conducted to a _minature_ courtyard” to _miniature_. [Chapter IX] “Much _suprised_ that the Pasha should pay” to _surprised_. [Chapter XVI] “he was at first _ininclined_ to admire” to _inclined_. [Chapter XVII] “observation of Sir Dugald and Captain _Rossitter_” to _Rossiter_. [Chapter XXII] “while a brisk _fusilade_ from the summit” to _fusillade_. [Chapter XXVI] “Um Yusuf shook her head but Cecil, knowing the...” add comma after _head_. [Chapter XXVII] “the _ceremomy_ was to be performed by Dr Yehudi” to _ceremony_. [End of Text]