road, replied in the affirmative. "You go not at a fit time, Bek--not at all at a fit time." All Ammalat's blood rushed to his head. "Why, has any misfortune happened in the Khan's house?" he enquired, reining in his horse, which he had just before lashed with the whip to force him faster to Khounzakh. "Not exactly a misfortune, his daughter Seltanettawas severely ill, and