Swords of Arabia: Betrayal
“ Chapter Fifteen The urbane diplomat found that he had no need to create an excuse to get to meet Zahirah and Firyal. A politely phrased request, from the princesses themselves, brought him into Firyal’s private audience chamber late that evening when, it was hoped, most were asleep. The wide windows opening onto the balcony let in welcome breezes, cooled from their passage across the gulf waters. Both parties were under no illusion as to how dangerous the visit was, not only to the prospect... of a Narashi-British alliance, but to Zahirah and Firyal personally. Not only would the Wahhabist elements of the population be outraged by such a breach of convention, but many others also. And if the powerful, strongly pro- Ottoman faction got even a breath of it they would smell treachery and – quite possibly – bring out their supporters in bloody riot or worse. For although both women had striven to keep their preference a secret, it was increasingly suspected that they wanted a British, not Ottoman, alliance.MoreLess
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