She could not feel sorry she had said it, yet she must remove the impression if possible.
"What Claridge Pasha did, any man would have done, Excellency.

He struck, and death was an accident.

Foorgat's temple struck the corner of a pedestal.
"His death was instant.

He would have killed Claridge Pasha if it had been possible--he tried to do so.

But, Excellency, if you have a daughter, if you ever had a child, what would you have done if any man had--" "In the East daughters are more discreet; they tempt men less," he answered quietly, and fingered the string of beads he carried.
"Yet you would have done as Claridge Pasha did.