Violet.
He's been employed for years on an estate of hers up the Nile. His mother was one of her maids. It appears she gave her a dowry when she married.
Arthur.
[Smiling.] I see. I gathered that Abdul Said had powerful influence somewhere or other.
Christina.
Who is this man, Arthur?
Arthur.
He's been sentenced to death for murder. It was a perfectly clear case, but there was a lot of perjury and we had some difficulty in getting a conviction. What has the Princess asked you to do?
Violet.
She explained the whole thing to me, and then she asked if I wouldn't intercede with you. I promised to do everything I could.