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Bring a pail of water quickly and call to the malli to bring a pail of earth as you get it. Hasten! and there is baksheesh," said Mrs. de Warrenne quietly in the vernacular. Tap and pail were by the door of the back verandah. In a minute the hamal entered and flung a pail of water on the burning pool of oil, reducing the mass of blue lambent flames considerably.
Experience in transacting business on his former journey up the country had taught him how to expedite his reception, and a judicious application of baksheesh caused him to be introduced to the great man without too great delay. Slatin Bey read the letter, and received him courteously, motioning him to a seat on the divan, and ordering him a chibouque to smoke, and coffee.
When Smith found himself outside the sacred door, and had presented its venerable guardian with a baksheesh of five piastres, he walked a few paces to the right and paused a while to watch some native labourers who were dragging a huge sarcophagus upon an improvised tramway. As they dragged they sang an echoing rhythmic song, whereof each line ended with an invocation to Allah.
The whole scene looked like a smeared landscape from the hand of Turner. He, at least, would have seen to it that the colour was clear; but Nature is very often behind the artist, and the effect was grossly muddy and untransparent. In common with the rest of the world I had heard of baksheesh, but until then I never understood its magic power.
But we rather considered their little performance as a scheme to extort a little more baksheesh for their necessary presence. The plain we were now on was drained by a tributary of the Aras River, a small stream reached after two hours’ steady tramping.
His hands tightened; they held her shoulders. The gentle aesthete was a furious Celt. He wished that it was a man with whom he was dealing. Still Millicent was brave, her voice scornful. "Baksheesh the moving finger in the East." "You contemptible creature!" he said. "Who did you pay?" "That would be telling." "I know it would," he said. "And you are going to tell me."
Before we could even think of moving eastwards towards Palestine we had to set our own house in order. Egypt was seething with sedition, and the flame of discontent was sedulously fanned by the young excitables from Al Azhar, who probably were themselves stimulated by Turko-German propaganda and "baksheesh." These had to be suppressed; and the task was not easy.
"But they've given that up, evidently." "I hope they haven't seduced our donkey-boys and arabeah drivers!" exclaimed Sir John. "I'm hungry. And I'm in a hurry to get home." "Not they. Donkey-boys and arabeah-men aren't easily seduced when there's a question of baksheesh. They're all right! I'm only sorry about the Bengal fire." "Well, it was a good idea, anyhow," Sir John patronized me.
You haven't found out everything?" "No, I knew enough to bring me to you. That was all I wanted. You can tell me the rest." Michael was silent. "My dear man, you needn't tell me if you don't want to, but remember that no secrets are hid from the hand that hath baksheesh. I found out what I wanted to know; I can find out more." "I'd rather you found out," he said, "than I told you." "Right ho!
Derché thought that all the Cretan chiefs could be bought, and the Egyptian pasha began by distributing £16,000 amongst the churches, mosques, and schools, without forgetting handsome baksheesh to the leading chiefs, who accepted the money, but promised nothing, and made no responsive move.
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