# The Bride of the Nile — Volume 02

Author: Ebers, Georg, 1837-1898; Bell, Clara, 1834-1927 [Translator]

Genre: Historical Fiction

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5518

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Bride+of+the+Nile+Ebers&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Pangs of soul and doubtings of conscience had, in fact, prompted the governor to purchase the hanging and he therefore might have been glad if it had cost him still dearer. The greater the gift the better founded his hope of grace and favor from the recipient! And he had grounds for being uneasy and for asking himself whether he had acted rightly. Revenge was no Christian virtue, but to let the evil done to him by the Melchites go unpunished when the opportunity offered for crushing them was more than he could bring himself to. Nay, what father whose two bright young sons had been murdered, but would have done as he did? That fearful blow had struck him in a vital spot. Since that day he...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bride-of-the-nile-volume-02-5518/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bride-of-the-nile-volume-02-5518/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bride-of-the-nile-volume-02-5518/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bride-of-the-nile-volume-02-5518/chapters/2/index.md)