... of them in Cairo. Nekayah s favorite, Pekuah, makes a fourth for the company. This chance-formed family demon­ strates loyalty that belies Nekayah s observation that Domestick discord is not inevitably and fatally necessary; but yet is not easily avoided. We seldom see that a whole family is virtuous...

... are not unlike those of Imlac in Rasselas when the maiden Pekuah was afraid to enter the pyramids because the spirits of the dead might still inhabit them: If all your fear be of apparitions, said the prince, I will promise you safety; there is no danger from the dead; he that is once buried will be seen...