Daughters of Destiny. L. Frank Baum

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       L. Frank Baum

      Daughters of Destiny

      Published by Good Press, 2021

       [email protected]

      EAN 4057664573704

       BOOK I THE MAN

       CHAPTER I PRINCE KASAM OF BALUCHISTAN

       CHAPTER II THE AMERICAN COMMISSION

       CHAPTER III THE PERSIAN PHYSICIAN

       CHAPTER IV THE DAUGHTER OF THE VIZIER

       CHAPTER V THE PERIL OF BURAH KHAN

       CHAPTER VI THE MAN OF DESTINY

       CHAPTER VII DIRRAG

       CHAPTER VIII A WOMAN’S WAY

       CHAPTER IX THE SIXTH DAY

       CHAPTER X AHMED KHAN

       BOOK II THE WOMAN

       CHAPTER XI CAPTURE OF DAVID THE JEW

       CHAPTER XII THE GIRL ON THE DIVAN.

       CHAPTER XIII A WILD WOOING

       CHAPTER XIV THE VEILED WOMAN.

       CHAPTER XV SALAMAN

       CHAPTER XVI THE ABDUCTION

       CHAPTER XVII DAVID SELLS AN IMPORTANT SECRET

       CHAPTER XVIII THE VIZIER OPENS THE GATE

       CHAPTER XIX IN THE GARDEN OF AGAHR

       CHAPTER XX THE GIRL IN THE HAREM

       CHAPTER XXI THE CHAMBER OF DEATH

       CHAPTER XXII BY THE HAND OF ALLAH

       CHAPTER XXIII THE VENGEANCE OF MAIE

       CHAPTER XXIV THE SPIRIT OF UNREST

       CHAPTER XXV KASAM KHAN

       CHAPTER XXVI HER SERENE HIGHNESS THE KHANUM

       THE MAN

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       PRINCE KASAM OF BALUCHISTAN

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      “What country did you say, Prince?”

      “Baluchistan, my lord.”

      The great financier lay back in his chair and a slight smile flickered over his stern features. Then he removed his eye-glasses and twirled them thoughtfully around his finger as he addressed the young man opposite.

      “I remember,” said he, “that when I attended school as a boy one of my chiefest trials in geography was to learn how to bound Baluchistan.”

      “Ah, do not say that, sir,” exclaimed Prince Kasam, eagerly. “It is a customary thing, whenever my country is mentioned, for an Englishman to refer to his geography. I have borne the slight with rare patience, Lord Marvale, since first I came, a boy, to London; but permit me to say that I expected you to be better informed.”

      “But, why?” asked the nobleman, raising his brows at the retort.

      “Because Baluchistan is a great country, sir. You might drop all of England upon one of its plains—and have some trouble to find it again.”

      Lord Marvale’s eyes twinkled.

      “And how about London?” he asked. “You have many such cities, I suppose?”

      “There is but one London, my lord,” answered the young man composedly; “and, to be frank with you, there are few clusters of houses in my country that are worthy the name of cities. We Baluchi are a wild race, as yet untamed by the influence of your western civilization, and those who wander in desert and plain far exceed in numbers the dwellers in towns.”

      “I am not so ignorant as you may suppose,” declared Lord Marvale; “for it is a part of my business training to acquire information concerning all countries of the world, however remote and barbaric they may be. For instance, I know that your country

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