She did not know herself as she hugged his chest, and whispered with joy that overwhelmed all other feelings: Muhammad!
You have never said my name like this before.
You are the best husband in the whole country.
Even though I am a Mamluk?
Even though you are a Mamluk.
He focused his gaze into her eyes and said: Zainab, tell me the truth, what do the common people say about the Mamluks? And do you not lie.
She said submissively: They protect the country and sacrifice themselves and their lives. He smiled sarcastically and then said: And the people of Egypt understand this?
They know the dangers?
She lowered her head and then said: Perhaps they only realize the dangers of the epidemic and poverty, my master, for realization there is a day and its appointment, like death and birth… Ignorance blinds the insight and brings out grudges, perhaps if the people of Egypt knew the Mamluks more, the fear would disappear…..
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