"I have good reason," he answered.

"By our law, he who eats our bread can not be treated as an enemy.

If I feed you, how can I let my men attack you afterward ?" "You could not," said Ranjoor Singh.

"We, too, have a law, that he with whom we have eaten salt is not enemy but friend.

Let us eat bread and salt together, then, for I have a plan." "A plan ?" said the Kurd.