Then Ben Aboo thought of a daring plan.He called the Grand Rabbi, and commanded him to go to Naomi and convert her to Islam.
The Rabbi obeyed with trembling.After all, it was the same God that both peoples worshipped, only the Moors called Him Allah and the Jews Jehovah.Naomi knew little of either.It was not of God that she was thinking: it was only of her father.She was too innocent to see the trick, but the Rabbi failed.He kissed her, and went away wiping his eyes.
Rumour of Naomi's plight had passed through the town, and one night a number of Moors came secretly to a lane at the back of the Kasbah, where a narrow window opened into her cell.They told her in whispers that what she held as tragical was a very simple matter."Turn Muslima,"they pleaded, "and save yourself.You are too young to die.
Resign yourself, for God's sake." But no answer came back to them where they were gathered in the darkness, save low sobs from inside the wall.