"By Alla!" said I, stopping and looking at him, "if ever you mention that word again—"
"Never, never!" cried the wretch, trembling; "do not beat me; remember it is the open street, and there will be a disturbance; the words escaped me unawares, just as I was thinking—"
"That is twice you have said that, and by Alla! I think you have some meaning in it; what would you be at?"
"Nothing, nothing," said he; "only I was thinking—"
"Well!"
"I was only thinking that you are an adventurer, who has accompanied that rich merchant from Hindostan."
"Well, and what of that? you knew that before."
"You are not rich?"
"No indeed," said I, "I am not."