Transcribed from the 1909 Smith, Elder and Co. edition by Les Bowler. [Picture: Book cover] IN KEDAR’S TENTS [Picture: Decorative graphic] BY HENRY SETON MERRIMAN * * * * * LONDON SMITH, ELDER, & CO. 15 WATERLOO PLACE 1909 * * * * * Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO. At the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh * * * * * CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. ONE SOWETH 1 II. ANOTHER REAPETH 11 III. LIKE SHIPS UPON THE SEA 23 IV. LE PREMIER PAS 34 V. CONTRABAND 48 VI. AT RONDA 59 VII. IN A MOORISH GARDEN 70 VIII. THE LOVE LETTER 82 IX. A WAR OF WIT 94 X. THE CITY OF DISCONTENT 105 XI. A TANGLED WEB 117 XII. ON THE TOLEDO ROAD 129 XIII. A WISE IGNORAMUS 140 XIV. A WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE 151 XV. AN ULTIMATUM 163 XVI. IN HONOUR 174 XVII. IN MADRID 185 XVIII. IN TOLEDO 197 XIX. CONCEPÇION TAKES THE ROAD 208 XX. ON THE TALAVERA ROAD 220 XXI. A CROSS-EXAMINATION 231 XXII. REPARATION 242 XXIII. LARRALDE’S PRICE 254 XXIV. PRIESTCRAFT 265 XXV. SWORDCRAFT 276 XXVI. WOMANCRAFT 287 XXVII. A NIGHT JOURNEY 298 XXVIII. THE CITY OF STRIFE 309 XXIX. MIDNIGHT AND DAWN 320 XXX. THE DAWN OF PEACE 331 CHAPTER I ONE SOWETH ‘If it be a duty to respect other men’s claims, so also is it a duty to maintain our own.’