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At the khan, a pretty rough one, where we spent the night, he waited on me deftly and enforced respect, making me really wish for such a servant. On the morrow, after an hour's riding, our ways parted. 'In sh'Allah, I shall see thee before many days, he murmured. 'My nickname is Rashîd the Fair, forget not. I shall tell our captain thou art coming with the money.
Loud were our exclamations, but his calm rebuked us. I never knew him show excitement or surprise. He heard our story with deliberation, and shook his head at the police and the detective. 'No use at all, he scoffed. 'The one man for your purpose is the Chief of the Thieves. I know him intimately. 'Ma sh'Allah! Is there then a guild of thieves? 'There is.
The listeners would smile and stroke their beards and exclaim at intervals, "Ma sh'Allah!" believing perhaps one tenth of what they heard. Oftenest he boasted of the Feringhi rowers whom he had purchased from the sheikh's own steward in the slave- market of Lundra a city of mist and wealth and pigs and fair maidens.
The peasant Câsim beamed with pleasure at the thanks we showered on him, and, squatting down, inquired if we had yet decided anything. 'Aye, I replied. 'In sh'Allah we shall cut down these three olive trees and put the house instead of them. At that his smile gave place to grave concern. He said: 'That may not be. 'Why not? I asked. 'Because we have no right to touch these trees.
There were cries of 'Ma sh'Allah! while they all praised its workmanship, one man opining that it must have cost a mint of money, another wishing he possessed its brother, and so forth.
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