text:  Already prepossessed in favour of the young and noble-minded Moslem; her allegiance to the Christian powers and faith weakened by the treachery of Austria; her people degraded into robbers; a soldier's daughter and keenly alive to the splendours of martial gallantry and glory; an orphan too and desolate--can it be wondered at if she surrendered at once and for ever to this generous and impassioned lover all the sympathies of her affectionate nature? She spoke not; but as she leaned half-fainting on his arm her eloquent looks said that which made Ibrahim's pulses thrill with grateful rapture