But I am happy now.

You are kind to me, and I should not like to leave your service." "But if I were going too, Ibrahim ?" "Then, my lord, I would go with you anywhere, if you would take me." "Well, Ibrahim, we feel sure that we can trust you, and so I may tell you that I think it likely we shall, very shortly, go away.

You know what the sultan is.

One day he gives you honours and rewards, the next he disgraces you, and perhaps sends you into the ranks of the army, perhaps has you thrown to the tigers.

We do not care to live under such conditions, and we mean, in a few days, to slip away and go to our friends down the ghauts.