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"He who sells his part in the world to come for the worldly goods of others," answered Abou Hazim. And he asked of his Lord and not of his folk. There came two damsels and he drew water for them and gave not precedence to the shepherds. So she covered her face and returning to Moses, said to him, "My father bids thee to him, that he may reward thee for having drawn water for us."
So I waited three days, and when their tongues and ears had been cut off and their heads were finally threatened, I offered to buy them for a sum sufficiently large to tempt the cupidity of Hazim Rhan. And thus I had in my possession six men whose sense of loyalty had been splendidly proved and whose discretion henceforth would necessarily be absolute."
"They are not easy to get," rejoined the other, "but I was mightily lucky in my find. I was at Cirta in Numidia at a time when the dusky chief there one named Hazim Rhan had made a haul of six malcontents who I understood had conspired against his authority. It seems that these rebels had a leader who had succeeded in escaping to his desert fastness, and whom Hazim Rhan greatly desired to capture.
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