Do say that I may send and fetch the gold.
HAFI.
Aye, aye, as usual—But although the queen
Be useless, you are by no means check-mate.
SALADIN (dashes down the board).
I am. I will then—
HAFI.
So! small pains, small gains;
As got, so spent.
SALADIN (to Sittah).
What is he muttering there?
SITTAH (to Saladin, winking meanwhile to Hafi).