"What favour is mine to give to Nahoum Pasha ?" "The Prince has given thee supreme place--it was mine but yesterday.

It is well.

To the deserving be the fruits of deserving." "Is merit, then, so truly rewarded here ?" asked David quietly.
"The Prince saw merit at last when he chose your Excellency for councillor." "How shall I show merit, then, in the eyes of Nahoum Pasha ?" "Even by urging the Prince to give me place under him again.

Not as heretofore--that is thy place--yet where it may be.

I have capacity.