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strike him, and then speaks calmly to the crowd. He says: Mahound has promised that anyone within the Grandee's walls will be spared. "So come in, all of you, and bring your families, too."
Hind speaks for the angry crowd. "You old fool. How many citizens can fit inside a single house, even this one? You've done a deal to save your own neck. Let them rip you up and feed you to the ants."
Still the Grandee is mild. "Mahound also promises that all who are found at home, behind closed doors, will be safe. If you will not come into my then go to your own; and wait."
A third time his wife attempts to turn the crowd against him; this is a balcony scene of hatred instead of love. There can be no compromise with Mahound, she shouts, he is not to be trusted, the people must repudiate Abu Simbel and prepare to fight to the last man, the last woman. She herself is prepared to fight beside them and die for the freedom of Jahilia. "Will you merely lie down
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