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"A few days after, the Turk entered his daughter's apartment and

told her hastily that he had reason to believe that his residence

at Leghorn had been divulged and that he should speedily be

delivered up to the French government; he had consequently hired

a vessel to convey him to Constantinople, for which city he

should sail in a few hours. He intended to leave his daughter

under the care of a confidential servant, to follow at her

leisure with the greater part of his property, which had not yet

arrived at Leghorn.