He produced the ring, his mark of authority, with which Ali Pasha generally sealed his letters, and which the latter had given him, that he might, on his return at any hour of the day or night, gain access to the presence, even in the harem.

• 他拿出那只戒指，这是阿里总督的权威的像征，他常常用这只戒指来作为他的信物，阿里总督给他这只戒指的用意，就是为了当他回来的时候，不论日夜，不论任何时间，可以凭此直接去见他，甚至到他的寝室去见他。