Nothing, however, could have been more courteous than his response to Jack's request that he would take charge of his letter, and see it safe into some really reliable post-office.
"I am asking my friends to send money to bring me home," he added, by way of explanation.
"How did you tell them to send it, Mr. Grayson?" asked Thomassian.
"I never thought of telling them how. I thought they would know themselves," Jack answered simply.
"It is not so simple a matter as you think," said Thomassian.
"Then what must I do? Stay, could it be managed this way? You are going to Aleppo?"
"Yes, Effendi."
"The English Consul there was my father's friend, and very kind to us. He would let my uncle send the money to him, and would know how to send it to me. I daresay he would write to my uncle too. You will ask him, will you not, Baron Thomassian?"
"I will do it without fail."