“I shall ask very little of you.”
“Tell me what it is.”
“Does the American come here often?” asked Ajeeb.
“About once a week.”
“Will he be here to-day?”
“No; he was here yesterday.”
“He would come to-night if you were to send for him?”
“True.”
“Then that is all I request you to do.”
“Thy will shall be done,” said Zulima, and her heart was stricken with terror.