human
It may be the flush of life which precedes death, said the woman;
gpt
Ah, there is no death in that smile, daughter! Look! O blessed saints, pray for her! O Prophet of God, she will be thy child soon; intercede for her, and have her spared! O holy Syud Geesoo Duraz! I vow a golden coverlet for thy tomb, and Fatehas to a thousand poor mendicants, if she be saved! cried Lurlee, with clasped hands and streaming eyes.
human
O, give her to me! All have children but me, and this one strange child I took into my heart when ye sent her, and she abode there. O, take her not--take her not from me! What use would she be to ye now in her young life? Wilt thou not pray too, Zyna, for her?
gpt
Mother, I have prayed, replied Zyna earnestly.
human
Fazil hath prayed. We have vowed Fatehas to all the shrines, and to the holy Saint at Allund. Mother! I will send my gold anklets and her zone to the shrine there, if she but live, and will give her others.