He spoke seriously, with apparent solicitude.
"Thou dost not understand, effendi.

Claridge Pasha must have money.
Prestige is everything in Egypt, it is everything with Kaid.

If Claridge Pasha rides on as though nothing has happened--and money is the only horse that can carry him--Kaid will not interfere, and his black mood may pass; but any halting now and the game is done." "And you want the game to go on right bad, don't you?
Well, I guess you're right.

Money is the only winner in this race.

He's got to have money, sure.