"For then you would fight me for it!" "Thou and I have eaten bread and salt together!" said the Kurd.
"True," said Ranjoor Singh, "therefore trust me, for I am a Sikh from India." "I know nothing of Sikhs, or of India," said the Kurd.

"Gold I know in the dark, by its jingle and weight, but who knows the heart of a man ?" "Then listen," said Ranjoor Singh.

"If you and your men seize the gold, you must bear the blame.

When the Turks come later on for vengeance, you will hang.

But if I stay and take the gold, who shall know who I am?
You will be able to prove with the aid of Wassmuss that neither you nor your men were anywhere near when, the attack took place." "Then you will make an ambush ?" said the Kurd.
"I will set a trap," said Ranjoor Singh.