"Does thee kill because there is silence in the grave ?" Kaid blew a cloud of smoke slowly.

"Silence in the grave is a fact beyond dispute," he said cynically.
"Highness, thee changes servants not seldom," rejoined David meaningly.
"It may be that my service will be short.

When I go, will the long arm reach out for me in the burrows where I shall hide ?" Kaid looked at him with ill-concealed admiration.

"Thou art an Englishman, not an Egyptian, a guest, not a subject, and under no law save my friendship." Then he added scornfully: "When an Englishman in England leaves office, no matter how unfaithful, though he be a friend of any country save his own, they send him to the House of Lords--or so I was told in France when I was there.

What does it matter to thee what chances to Nahoum?
Thou hast his place with me.