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IT was the next night, not long before daybreak, that the King of Granada abruptly summoned to his council Jusef, his vizier. The old man found Boabdil in great disorder and excitement; but he almost deemed his sovereign mad, when he received from him the order to seize upon the person of Muza Ben Abil Gazan, and to lodge him in the strongest dungeon of the Vermilion Tower. Presuming upon Boabdil's natural mildness, the vizier ventured to remonstrate, -- to suggest the danger of laying violent hands upon a chief so beloved, -- and to inquire what cause should be assigned for the outrage.
The veins swelled like cords upon Boabdil's brow, as he listened to the vizier; and his answer was short and peremptory.