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Chapter 14
"TheyfoundamiserableasyluminthecottageinGermany,whereIdiscoveredthem.FelixsoonlearnedthatthetreacherousTurk,forwhomheandhisfamilyenduredsuchunheard-ofoppression,ondiscoveringthathisdelivererwasthusreducedtopovertyandruin,becameatraitortogoodfeelingandhonourandhadquittedItalywithhisdaughter,insultinglysendingFelixapittanceofmoneytoaidhim,ashesaid,insomeplanoffuturemaintenance.
"SuchweretheeventsthatpreyedontheheartofFelixandrenderedhim,whenIfirstsawhim,themostmiserableofhisfamily.Hecouldhaveenduredpoverty,andwhilethisdistresshadbeenthemeedofhisvirtue,hegloriedinit;buttheingratitudeoftheTurkandthelossofhisbelovedSafieweremisfortunesmorebitterandirreparable.ThearrivaloftheArabiannowinfusednewlifeintohissoul.
"WhenthenewsreachedLeghornthatFelixwasdeprivedofhiswealthandrank,themerchantcommandedhisdaughtertothinknomoreofherlover,buttopreparetoreturntohernativecountry.ThegenerousnatureofSafiewasoutragedbythiscommand;sheattemptedtoexpostulatewithherfather,butheleftherangrily,reiteratinghistyrannicalmandate.
"Afewdaysafter,theTurkenteredhisdaughter’sapartmentandtoldherhastilythathehadreasontobelievethathisresidenceatLeghornhadbeendivulgedandthatheshouldspeedilybedelivereduptotheFrenchgovernment;hehadconsequentlyhiredavesseltoconveyhimtoConstantinople,forwhichcityheshouldsailinafewhours.Heintendedtoleavehisdaughterunderthecareofaconfidentialservant,tofollowatherleisurewiththegreaterpartofhisproperty,whichhadnotyetarrivedatLeghorn.
