Is thy guest imbecile?
Let them go.

I have that to say which is for Prince Harrik's ear alone." An instant's hesitation, and Harrik motioned the slaves away.

"What is the private word for my ear ?" he asked presently, fingering the stem of the narghileh.
"To do right by Egypt, the land of thy fathers and thy land; to do right by the Prince Pasha, thy brother." "What is Egypt to thee?
Why shouldst thou bring thine insolence here?
Couldst thou not preach in thine own bazaars beyond the sea ?" David showed no resentment.

His reply was composed and quiet.

"I am come to save Egypt from the work of thy hands." "Dog of an unbeliever, what hast thou to do with me, or the work of my hands ?" David held up Kaid's ring, which had lain in his hand.