When one goes poor, we forget him.

That is how we keep rich.

We mean to be rich always." "But when you have dug up all your precious stones and sold them, you will have to spend your money, and one day you will have none left!" "We have so many, and there are so many still in the ground, that that day will never come," she replied.
"Suppose a strange people were to fall upon you, and take everything you have!" "No strange people will dare; they are all horribly afraid of our princess.

She it is who keeps us safe and free and rich!" Every now and then as she spoke, she would stop and look behind her.
I asked why her people had such a hatred of strangers.

She answered that the presence of a stranger defiled the city.
"How is that ?" I said.
"Because we are more ancient and noble than any other nation .-- Therefore," she added, "we always turn strangers out before night." "How, then, can you take me into your house ?" I asked.
"I will make an exception of you," she replied.
"Is there no place in the city for the taking in of strangers ?" "Such a place would be pulled down, and its owner burned.