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governed? By theſe only, who have ⟨no⟩ fear of judgement? By thoſe alone ⟨whoſe⟩ life is brutal, becauſe, like brutes, ⟨they⟩ do not conſider that they ſhould die?--Or who, indeed, are the Faithful?--Are the buſy multitudes that crowd ⟨the⟩ city, in a ſtate of perdition? And is ⟨the⟩ cell of the Derviſe alone the gate of Paradiſe? To all, the life of a Derviſe ⟨is⟩ not poſſible: To all, therefore, it can not be a duty. Depart to the ⟨houſe⟩ which has in the city been prepared ⟨for⟩ thy reſidence; I ſhall meditate the reaſon of thy requeſt; and may He who illuminates the mind of the humble, enable me to determine with wiſdom!"
Mirza departed; and on the third day, having received no commands he again requeſted an audience, and it was granted. When he entered the royal preſence, ⟨his⟩ countenance appeared more cheerful; ⟨he⟩ drew a letter from his boſom, and having kiſſed it, he preſented it with his right hand.
"My lord," ſaid he, "I have learned by this letter, which I received from Coſrou, the Iman. who now ſtands before thee, in what manner life may be ⟨beſt⟩
