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That thou hast not such a bowl by thee, neither that thy assistant, when he seeks the bed for myself and the lesser bed for my friend, could not look craftily into the shop of this merchant, and ask the price as he passeth, if so be that Mhtoon Pah has such a bowl to sell?" Leh Shin spat ferociously.
Smart carriages, with white-uniformed syces, hurried up, bearing stout, plethoric men from the wharf offices, and Mhtoon Pah saluted several of the sahibs, who reclined in comfort behind fine pairs of trotting horses.
"I am the Sahib's servant, but who knoweth the ways of devils, since their footprints cannot be seen, neither upon the sand of the desert nor in the snows of the great hills?" "Did he speak of Absalom?" "He told me, Protector of the Poor, that the boy, though of Christian caste, was to Mhtoon Pah as the apple of his eye, and that he fed him upon sweets from the vendor's stall.
"Come, then," said the police officer abruptly, "who did you see? Did you, for instance, see the Christian boy, Absalom, Mhtoon Pah's assistant?" The Rev. Francis Heath made no answer. "Did you see him?" "I will not answer any further questions, but since you ask me, I did see the boy." "Thank you, Heath; that took some getting at.
Hartley was put on to the track of Leh Shin by the lying old Burman, Mhtoon Pah, and Leh Shin's shop was watched and he himself threatened. God! What I've gone through." "Thank you," said Coryndon, pushing back his chair. "You have been of the very greatest assistance to me."
Mhtoon Pah was ready to pay two hundred rupees for the lacquer bowl, as he was already offered five hundred by Mrs. Wilder, and was content with the profit. Two hundred rupees was a sum that was essentially worth some risk. To hand it over to a drunken seaman was against all moral precept. The sailor's ways were scandalous, his gain would go into evil hands.
Lost, in all truth, and after the lapse of many days, Mhtoon Pah had it in his shop, and sold it to the Lady Sahib." "The hands of a man of wealth are more than two," said Shiraz oracularly. "Nay, not so, for all thy learning, Pilgrim from the Shrine of Mahomet.
"It came here, how I know not. I found it outside my shop in the care of the wooden image when I went to dust his limbs this morning." Mrs. Wilder laughed. "In that case I shall not have to pay for it. But what do you mean, Mhtoon Pah?" "It is blood money," said Mhtoon Pah, with a wild gasp. "Only one man knew of the bowl, only one man could have put it there.
The shop was one of the features of the place, and no globe-trotting tourist could pass through Mangadone without buying a set of tea-cups, a dancing devil, a carpet, or a Burmese gong, from Mhtoon Pah.
Mhtoon Pah was giving a feast at the Pagoda with presents for the priests, and the night chosen was the night of the full moon. "Art thou bidden?" asked one who remembered the day of Leh Shin's prosperity. "It is in my thoughts, friend, to make my peace," said Leh Shin, with an immovable face. "On the night when the moon is full, I am minded to do so."
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