noon
The trampling of horses on the pavement below roused his attention . A thrill of hope went through him that his brother might have lingering conscience , latent love enough , to have made him refuse to obey the bidding to leave Africa . He rose and leaned out . Amid the little throng of riding-horses , grooms , and attendants who made an open way through the polyglot crowd of an Algerian caravanserai at noon , he saw the one dazzling face of which he had so lately dreamed by the water-freshet in the plains . It was but a moment 's glance , for she had already dismounted from her mare , and was passing within with two other ladies of her party ; but in that one glance he knew her . His discovery of the chain gave him a plea to seek her . Should he avail himself of it ?