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 not prevail. “We will not detain your own company,” said the dealers, “but we cannot afford to be ruined.” For the moment the freedom of these captives sufficed. “It is the Lord’s will,” said Prokop, “and I think I perceive his guidance also.”

The whole party approached Gran together; and established themselves in a large caravanserai a short distance from the town. Solomon and his friends came and went as they pleased. On entering the town they observed that the buildings denoted an origin and style not Hungarian. The roofs were formed very sloping; there were low chimneys, and many of the cottages were detached, and surrounded by flowers well tended. The streets converged to a large bazaar whence Ben Yusuf drew his supplies. Solomon and Prokop advanced through the crowded bazaar, and observed down aside street, most cleanly kept, an edifice noticeable from its style. It consisted of a larger circular building, and a smaller of a square form attached, and higher considerably than the other. Here were evidences of a residence ithe upper partion. The undulating lines that formed a kind of facade denoted an origin not gothic.

Prokop gazed at this edifice steadily. “If I mistake not,” he said, “we are in the place whither I specially desired to go; and the building I behold is the tabernacle where I hope to reach the consolation I desire.” The women frequently wore small Greek crosses, the chief rays growing wider outward, and then divided each into two points. Once or twice the words of a Christian hymn greeted his ears