What do I do?
I spin it in the air--catch it--d'you hear them?
There you are--twenty! Count 'em if you like." "A dervaish?
A holy person?
You?
Where do you come from ?" "I was born in the belly of the South Wind," answered Jeremy.

"Where I come from, every shell-fish has a pearl in it and gold is so common that the cattle wear it in their teeth.

I can talk three languages at once and swear in six, use sulphur for tobacco, eat sardines without opening the can, and flavour my food for choice with gun-powder.
"I've been everywhere, seen everything, heard all the lies, and I found that big effendi in Jerusalem.

I saw him first.

He calls himself Ramsden, which is derived from the name of a creature bearing wool, which in turn is a synonym for money.