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EVA had withdrawn from her father to her former remote position, the moment that she had recognised the two friends, and was, therefore, not in hearing when her father received them, and said, 'Welcome, noble stranger! the noble Emir here, to whom a thousand welcomes, told me that you would not be averse from joining a festival of my people.'
'I would seize any opportunity to pay my respects to you,' replied Tancred; 'but this occasion is most agreeable to me.'