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"Then let Hiram speak and Thou wilt know." "Let him speak." "Dost Thou know, worthiness, what happened in the inn 'Under the Ship' to our brother Asarhadon?" began Hiram. "I have no brothers among innkeepers," interrupted Dagon, sneeringly. "Be silent!" screamed Rabsun, in anger; and he grasped the hilt of his dagger. "Thou art as dull as a dog barking in sleep."
"Ei, Rabsun! Tell outright how much did he give thee?" "For what?" "For this, that I should come to thy house and transact business with him, the mangy scoundrel." "This business interests all Phoenicia, so I need no profit on it," replied the indignant Rabsun. "That is as true as that all thy debtors will pay thee." "May they fail to pay me if I make anything in this!
Only let not Phoenicia lose!" cried Rabsun, in anger. They took farewell of each other. Toward evening the worthy Dagon seated himself in a litter carried by six slaves. He was preceded by two outrunners with staffs, and two with torches; behind the litter went four men armed from head to foot.
"Thou art foolish, Rabsun!" burst out Dagon again. "Before I go to Hiram let my hand wither; with that politeness I should lose half the profit." The guest thought awhile. "Now Thou hast uttered a wise word," said he; "so I will tell thee something. Come to me and Hiram will come also; ye can talk of that business in my house." Dagon bent his head, and half closing his eyes, inquired roguishly,
"Dost Thou desire to dispute?" interrupted Hiram, irritated. "How dispute? Rabsun, say if I am disputing." "Better talk of business, your worthinesses," replied the host. After a moment of thought Hiram proceeded, "Thy friends in Tyre congratulate thee greatly through me." "Is that all they have sent me?" asked Dagon, in reviling accents. "What didst Thou wish?" inquired Hiram, raising his voice.
I not care? Hiram ruined two ships of mine and deprived me of great profit; still, when Phoenicia is in question, I sit in one room with him." "For Thou didst think to talk with him of cheating some one," said Rabsun. "As much as Thou didst think of dying, fool!" retorted Dagon. "Am I a child? do I not understand that when Hiram comes to Memphis he need not come for traffic? O Thou Rabsun!
"What?" interrupted Rabsun, astounded. "The priestess of the holy goddess Astaroth to be a favorite of an Egyptian?" "Thou wouldst prefer that she were thine," sneered Dagon. "She can even cease to be high priestess when it is necessary to bring her near the court." "Thou speakest truth," said Hiram. "But that is sacrilege!" said Rabsun, indignantly.
"The heir very well, for he will be pharaoh, perhaps even soon." "Pst!" interrupted Dagon, striking the table with his fist. "May Thou lose speech for such language!" "Here is a wild boar for thee!" cried Rabsun, threatening the banker's nose. "And Thou art a dull huckster," answered Dagon, with a reviling laugh.
"That pitiful creature has refused gold and a precious goblet, which I carried to her." "She did, for she thought that Thou hadst the wish to deceive her," remarked Rabsun. Hiram nodded. "There is no cause for trouble," said he. "Where gold has not power, then the father, the mother, or the mistress may have it. And if the mistress is powerless, there is still." "The knife," hissed Rabsun.
He pretends that it is to see Egypt and agree with 'ministers, not to inscribe in Egyptian acts that Assyria pays tribute to the pharaohs. But in fact he is coming to conclude a treaty about dividing the countries which lie between our sea and the Euphrates River." "May the earth swallow them!" imprecated Rabsun. "What dost Thou think of this Dagon?" inquired Hiram.
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