"LOOK WHILE YOU MAY!"
When the dance was over, a stern voice was heard saying: "Look while you may!"
The man who repeated the Emir's words—a tall spare Tartar—was he who carried out the sentences of Feofar Khan against offenders. He had taken his place behind Michael, holding in his hand a broad curved saber, one of those Damascene blades which are forged by the celebrated armorers of Karschi or Hissar.
Behind him guards were carrying a tripod supporting a chafing-dish filled with live coals.—Page 311.
Vol. 8.
