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Ilderim returned to the douar next day about the third hour. As he dismounted, a man whom he recognized as of his own tribe came to him and said, "O sheik, I was bidden give thee this package, with request that thou read it at once. If there be answer, I was to wait thy pleasure."
Ilderim gave the package immediate attention. The seal was already broken. The address ran, To Valerius Gratus at Caesarea.