The Return of the Druses a Tragedy

Originally published as No. IV. of Bells and Pomegranates in 1843. The manuscript was first named Mansoor the Hierophant.

PERSONS

The Grand-Master's Prefect.

The Patriarch's Nuncio.

The Republic's Admiral.

Loys de Dreux, Knight-Novice.

Initiated Druses—Djabal, Khalil, Anael, Maani, Karshook, Raghib, Ayoob, and others.

Uninitiated Druses, Prefect's Guard, Nuncio's Attendants, Admiral's Force.

Time, 14—.

Place, An Islet of the Southern Sporades, colonised by Druses of Lebanon, and garrisoned by the Knights-Hospitallers of Rhodes.

Scene, A Hall in the Prefect's Palace.