Emily Barlow to Sylvia Carey (continued)
I had forgot to mention before the unhappy fate of my companion Eliza, whom I never saw after my first introduction to the Dey; she was presented by the Dey to the Bey of Tunis, whose shocking barbarity to his female slaves was the common gossip of our harem.
One day the Dey came into my room, and throwing down a letter, told me it contained all the particulars of the ravishment of my friend, adding, ‘She has had a little worse treatment than my slaves generally meet with.'
I seized the letter, and you may judge my feelings on reading the following: