"England dare not move—is thy servant a fool? Every Mussulman in the land would raise the green flag—the Jehad would be upon ye!"
"He is so young. He meant no ill. The face of your daughter drew him on. He did not realise his crimen—or its penalty."
"It is a fool's reasoning. Because he was a stranger and an infidel, so has he been told of dark things done to those who desecrate our faith."
"Had he been an Egyptian or a Turk—"
"I should slay him, were he Ismail himself. Mine own is mine own, as Mahomet hath said. The man shall die—and who shall save him? Not even the Sultan himself."
"There are concessions in the Fayoum—you have sought them long."
"Bah!"
"There is the Grand Cordon of the Mejidieh; there is a way to it,
Excellency."
"The man's blood!"
"There is a high office to be vacant soon, near to the person of the
Khedive, with divers moneys and loans—"