"However," looking up, "this is not under the Rock.
This is another place." Goodenough pulled a compass from his pocket, but Grim shook his head.
"Go on," said Grim.

"What of it ?" "It is better to close up this place and say nothing." "Except this." Goodenough retorted: "you will say at the first and every succeeding opportunity that you know it is not true that Zionists tried to blow up the Dome of the Rock." "How do I know they did not try ?" "Perhaps we'd better ask the Administrator to come and inspect this place officially and put the exact facts on the record," Goodenough retorted.
"You understand, don't you ?" said Grim.
"Everything we've done until now has been strictly unofficial.
There's a difference." "And this effendi ?" he asked, staring at me.

"What of him ?" "He is commended to your special benevolence," Grim answered.
"The way to keep a man like him discreet is to make a friend of him.

Treat him as you do me, then we three shall be friends." The sheikh nodded, and that proved to be the beginning of a rather intimate acquaintance with him that stood me in good stead more than once afterwards.

The influence that a man in his position can exert, if he cares to, is almost beyond the belief of those who pin their faith to money and mere officialdom.
The prisoners were marched out.