Excerpt from The Soul of Lilith, Vol. 2 of 3 Lilith's rest. Now he had made a new de parture, - and in the eagerness of her desire to know why this stranger was thus freely admitted into the usually forbidden precincts, she went her way downstairs to seek Feraz, and learn from him the explanation of What seemed so mysterious. But it was now past ten o'clock at night, and Feraz was asleep, fast locked in such a slumber that though Zaroba shook him and called him several times, she could not rouse him from his deep and almost death-like torpor. Baffled in her attempt, she gave it up at last, and descended to the kitchen to prepare her own frugal supper, - resolving, however, that as soon as she heard Feraz stlrrlng she would put him through such a catechism, that she would find out, in spite of el-rami's haughty reticence, the name of the unknown visitor and the nature of his errand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.