Chapter 14

• “Some time elapsed before I learned the history of my friends”
• “The father of Safie (...) became obnoxious to the government (...) He was tried and condemned to death”
• his horror and indignation were uncontrollable when he heard the decision of the court. He made, at that moment, a solemn vow to deliver him
• “Felix rejected his offers with contempt; yet, when he saw the lovely Safie, [...], the youth could not help owning to his own mind that the captive possessed a treasure which would fully reward his toil and hazard.”
• “The Turk quickly (...) endeavoured to secure him more entirely in his interests by the promise of her hand in marriage, so soon as he should be conveyed to a place of safety.”
• Felix was too delicate to accept his offer; yet he looked forward to the probability of the event
• “I have copies of these letters (...) Before I depart, I will give them to you, they will prove the truth of my tale”
• She instructed her daughter in the tenets of her religion, and taught her to aspire to higher powers of intellect, and an independence of spirit, forbidden to the female followers of Mahomet.”
• sickened at the thought of returning to Asia [...] allowed only to occupy herself with infantile amusements
• “ loathed the idea that his daughter should be united by a Christian, but he feared the resentment of Felix [...] he was still in the power of his deliverer”
• His blind and aged father and his gentle sister lay in a noisome dungeon while he enjoyed the free air and society of her whom he loved. This idea was torture to him.
• miserable asylum in the cottage
• “Safie resolved in her own mind the plan of conduct that it would become her to pursue in this emergency. A residence in Turkey was abhorrent to her; her religion and her feelings were alike adverse to it.”
• commanded his daughter to think no more of her lover, but to prepare to return to her native country
• “The Arabian was left alone, unacquainted with the language of the country, and utterly ignorant of the customs of the world. She fell, however, into good hands.”