So
When The Young Man Awoke, He Found Himself In The Castle, And No Longer In
That Paradise; Whereat He Was Not Over Well Pleased.
He was then conducted
to the Old Man's presence, and bowed before him with great veneration as
believing himself to be in the presence of a true Prophet.
The Prince
would then ask whence he came, and he would reply that he came from
Paradise! and that it was exactly such as Mahommet had described it in the
Law. This of course gave the others who stood by, and who had not been
admitted, the greatest desire to enter therein.
So when the Old Man would have any Prince slain, he would say to such a
youth: "Go thou and slay So and So; and when thou returnest my Angels
shall bear thee into Paradise. And shouldst thou die, natheless even so
will I send my Angels to carry thee back into Paradise." So he caused them
to believe; and thus there was no order of his that they would not affront
any peril to execute, for the great desire they had to get back into that
Paradise of his. And in this manner the Old One got his people to murder
any one whom he desired to get rid of. Thus, too, the great dread that he
inspired all Princes withal, made them become his tributaries in order
that he might abide at peace and amity with them.[NOTE 1]
I should also tell you that the Old Man had certain others under him, who
copied his proceedings and acted exactly in the same manner.
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