about two hours after midnight
Shakib packs up ; Najma is all ready . And Khalid cuts his hair , doffs his jubbah , and appears again in the ordinary attire of civilised mortals . For how else can he get out of Beirut and the telegraph wires throughout Syria are flowing with orders for his arrest ? In a hat and frock-coat , therefore -LRB- furnished by Shakib -RRB- , he enters into the carriage with Mrs. Gotfry about two hours after midnight ; and , with their whole retinue , make for Riak , and thence by train for Beirut . Here Shakib obtains passports for himself and Najma , and together with Mrs. Gotfry and her dragoman , they board in the afternoon the Austrian Liner for Port-Said ; while , in the evening , walking at the side of one of the boatmen , Khalid , passportless , stealthily passes through the port , and rejoins his friends . We remember seeing once a lithographic print representing a Christmas legend of the Middle Ages , in which a detachment of the Heavenly Host -- big , ugly , wild-looking angels -- are pursuing , with sword and pike , a group of terror-stricken little devils . The idea in the picture produced such an impression that one wished to see the helpless , pitiful imps in heaven and the armed winged furies , their pursuers , in the other place .