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"Nahoum!" he said, and sat down again on the divan. "He has come to see the Saadat, I suppose; but it'll do him good to see me, perhaps. Open the sluices, Mahommed." Yes, Nahoum would be glad to see the effendi, since Claridge Pasha was not in Cairo. When would Claridge Pasha return? If, then, the effendi expected to see the Saadat before his return to Cairo, perhaps he would convey a message.
We must travel early and late, and carry with us a water supply that will not only suffice for the journey but safeguard us against any failure of the well when we arrive there. What proof have we, Effendi, that it is not choked with sand?"
"Hearing a loud knocking at Mohammed's gate again, I hurried to see who the important comer was. There stood a man of confident mien, who proudly answered that his name was Hussein Effendi. "'And your father's name? asked the keeper. 'Abraham, replied Hussein. At this Mohammed said: 'Shut the door; you can't enter here; mixtures will not do." "Eh! What happened next?" asked the Turk.
"Is there, then, for a man choice of fashion or time in England, effendi?" asked Nahoum, with assumed innocence. "In England it is a matter between the Giver and Taker of life and himself save where murder does its work," said David. "And here it is between man and man is it that you would say?" asked Nahoum. "There seem wider privileges here," answered David drily.
But the next day Zobéide gave up pouting and began very docilely to eat the greens, and when the boy Hakem carried her next bunch to her he said slyly: "Effendi, she is growing smaller!" The clergyman attempted to shrug his shoulders, but it was impossible to disguise the fact from himself Zobéide had certainly shrunk! And within an hour all Damascus knew that Zobéide had shrunk. When Mr.
"Nahoum!" he said, and sat down again on the divan. "He has come to see the Saadat, I suppose; but it'll do him good to see me, perhaps. Open the sluices, Mahommed." Yes, Nahoum would be glad to see the effendi, since Claridge Pasha was not in Cairo. When would Claridge Pasha return? If, then, the effendi expected to see the Saadat before his return to Cairo, perhaps he would convey a message.
"Well, if you've any proposition, pasha, I'll take it to him. I'll be seeing him to-night." "I can give him fifty thousand pounds." "It isn't enough to save the situation, pasha." "It will help him over the first zareba." "Are there any conditions?" "There are no conditions, effendi." "And interest?" "There would be no interest in money." "Other considerations?"
Mahommed Hassan crept in, a malicious grin on his face. Danger and conflict were as meat and drink to him. "Effendi, God hath given thee a wasp's sting to thy tongue. It is well. Nahoum Pasha hath Mizraim: the Saadat hath thee and me." "There's the Effendina," said Lacey reflectively. "Thou saidst thou would 'square' him, effendi." "I say a lot," answered Lacey rather ruefully.
"So be it, effendi," answered the man, rising unmoved, for his sort know not shame. He beckoned to the girl. For an instant she stood hesitating, then with sudden fury she threw on the table beside him the gold-piece Dimsdale had given her. "Magnoon!" she said, with blazing eyes, and ran after the man.
He to whom the people of Bahá must turn, the Centre on which the concourse of the faithful must fix their gaze, the Expounder of the Holy Writings, the Guardian of the Cause of God, the Chosen Branch, Shoghi Effendi, has been clearly appointed in conformity with explicit, conclusive and unmistakable terms.