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Nothing else had he, but of all men in Egypt he was the best instrument Nahoum could have chosen; and of all men in Egypt he was the one man who could surely help him. "What is there now to do, excellency?" "My coachman is with the carriage at the gate by which the English girl left. It is open still. The key is in Foorgat's pocket, no doubt; stolen by him, no doubt also. . . . This is my design.
"He would give up all that is his?" "It is so, Effendina." "All save Foorgat's heritage?" "It belonged to their father. It is a due inheritance." Kaid laughed sarcastically. "It was got in Mehemet Ali's service." "Nathless, it is a heritage, Effendina.
"If I had received the orders of the Effendina on the night when the Effendina dismissed Nahoum " Achmet said softly, and broke off. "A curse upon thine eyes that did not see thy duty!" Kaid replied gloomily. Then he turned to High. "My seal has been put upon Foorgat's doors? His treasure-places have been found? The courts have been commanded as to his estate, the banks "
Swiftly Nahoum told him the whole truth even to the picture of the brougham, and the rigid, upright figure passing through the night to Foorgat's palace, the gaunt Mizraim piloting the equipage of death. "I have held my peace for my own reasons, effendi. Wilt thou then force me to speak? If thou dost still cherish Claridge Pasha, wilt thou see him ruined?
Are not Foorgat's riches mine, his Palace, his gardens, his cattle, and his plantations, are they not mine?
"If I had received the orders of the Effendina on the night when the Effendina dismissed Nahoum " Achmet said softly, and broke off. "A curse upon thine eyes that did not see thy duty!" Kaid replied gloomily. Then he turned to High. "My seal has been put upon Foorgat's doors? His treasure-places have been found? The courts have been commanded as to his estate, the banks "
Are not Foorgat's riches mine, his Palace, his gardens, his cattle, and his plantations, are they not mine?
She could not feel sorry she had said it, yet she must remove the impression if possible. "What Claridge Pasha did, any man would have done, Excellency. He struck, and death was an accident. Foorgat's temple struck the corner of a pedestal. "His death was instant. He would have killed Claridge Pasha if it had been possible he tried to do so.
Allah scorch thine eyes!" he added fiercely to Achmet, "but thou shalt find this Christian gentleman, Nahoum." Suddenly, with a motion of disgust, he sat down, and taking the stem of the narghileh, puffed vigorously in silence. Presently in a red fury he cried: "Go go go, and bring me back by midnight Nahoum, and Foorgat's treasures, to the last piastre.
David came to know a startling piece of news the next morning-that Foorgat Bey had died of heart-disease in his bed, and was so found by his servants. He at once surmised that Foorgat's body had been carried out of the Palace; no doubt that it might not be thought he had come to his death by command of Kaid. His mind became easier.
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