“There would be no interest in money.”
“Other considerations?”
“Yes, other considerations, effendi.”
“If they were granted, would there be enough still in the stocking to help him over a second zareba—or a third, perhaps?”
“That would be possible, even likely, I think. Of course we speak in confidence, effendi.”
“The confidence of the ‘perfect friendship.’”
“There may be difficulty, because the Saadat is sensitive; but it is the only way to help him. I can get the money from but one source; and to get it involves an agreement.”
“You think his Excellency would not just jump at it—that it might hurt some of his prejudices, eh?”
“So, effendi.”
“And me—where am I in it, pasha?”