"Does it concern my son?" asked the Consul-General sharply.
"I do not say it concerns your son," said the Sirdar, with another oblique glance at the Cadi. "I only say it is personal and urgent and therefore ought to be discussed in private."
"Humph! We'll discuss it here. I'll have no secrets on that subject."
"In that case," said the Sirdar, "you must take the consequences."
"Go on, please."
"In the first place, the Commandant finds himself in a predicament."
"What is it?"
"The warrant he holds is for the arrest of Ishmael Ameer, but the prisoner he has taken to-night is ... another person."
"Well?"
"The Commandant wishes to know what he is to do."