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_Saladin._ Bravo, Ibrahim! you are indeed the messenger of good fortune; I thank you for your joyful tidings. / _The Mameluke._ Well, is that all? / _Saladin._ What did you expect? / _The Mameluke._ Nothing more for the messenger of good fortune. / LESSING: _Nathan the Wise._
Pale and worn, Count d'Ahlefeld strode up and down his apartment; in his hand he crushed a bundle of letters which he had just read, while he stamped his foot on the smooth marble floor and the gold-fringed rugs.