no cause to concern himself about the thief.
That awful sweetness was rolling from the uncovered jar, strangling me with its richness. I wondered how a girl in the heart of an ocean of perfume could endure its fragrance . . . and whether the silken cord was chafing her throat.
Bin Ayyub's drawn features were now overlaid with a shadow of a smile.
"If it were given me to elect the manner of my death, I would choose to be drowned in that perfume . . . he had once said. So instead of covering the jar, I left Ilderim Shirkuh bin Ayyub enthroned on the rug of Saladin, and facing the loveliness which he had imprisoned in attar.
Revell was still frothing when I returned and tossed his Anatolian silk rug on the floor.
"I'd have committed murder for that throne-rug," he growled. "And now"
Some day I'm going to tie an anvil to Revell's ankles and then kick him into Lake Michigan.
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