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To be smothered in his sleep ? -- For who could be trusted among all his slaves and retainers when it was known he was disgraced , and that the Prince Pasha would be happier if Harrik were quiet for ever ? Mechanically he drew out his watch and looked at it . It was nine o'clock . In three hours more would have fallen the coup . But from this man 's words he knew that the stroke was now with the Prince Pasha . Yet , if this pale Inglesi , this Christian sorcerer , knew the truth in a vision only , and had not declared it to Kaid , there might still be a chance of escape .