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Suliman and the other little gutter-snipe proceeded to make friends with the whole gang promptly, giving as good as they got in the way of repartee, and nearly starting a riot until Grim called Ali Baba into the dining-room, where de Crespigny was shaking up the second round of warm cocktails in a beer-bottle. Ali Baba chose to presume that the mixture was intended for himself.
"Steps, now!" said the priest. "Have a care, now, for the lower ones are slippery." Ruth was regaining consciousness. She began to move and tried once or twice to speak. "Here, thou!" growled the Risaldar. "Thou art a younger man than I come back here. Help with the memsahib." The priest came back a step or two, but Suliman declined his aid, snarling vile insults at him.
But while Suliman and Abadeh were thus discussing the conduct and perfidy of the Emir, the unhappy Grand Vizier had to resume the difficult and hazardous task of discovering his hiding-place. Two circumstances served to encourage him, and to make the execution of the Caliph's order seem somewhat less difficult than it had at first sight appeared.
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