Hassan Or the Child of the Pyramid An Egyptian Tale
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they came forward, the two other slaves, with drawn swords, following close behind their leader. Hassan saw their manoeuvre at a glance, and before they could put it in execution he sprang like a tiger on the foremost, and guarding the cut which the other made at his head, he dashed the horny knob of his sword-hilt with such terrific force on his forehead that, after reeling backward several paces, he fell senseless at the feet of his advancing comrades. At the same instant, quick as lightning,... he turned on the negro who had nearly reached his side with the cord, and with one cut laid open his right arm to the bone, the rope falling harmless on the carpet. Utter- ing a yell of pain, the negro sprang backward to the side of the two who had not yet ventured within reach of Hassan's sword, and whose livid lips revealed their terror of an antagonist who in a few seconds had disabled the two strongest of their party. "Come on! come on!" said Hassan, with a scornful laugh. " This game is more to my taste than the Khanum's sweetmeats and frankincense.
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