He thus considered himself doubly injured--in his expectations and his property.

He came to ask us instantly to pay an English pound, or he would lay the case before the Turkish governor, with whom, he could assure us, he had favour.
I offered him the beshlik, and he also stalked off in a rage.
We were still discussing these encounters with Rashid when there arrived a vastly more imposing personage--no other than the headman of the village, the correct Sheykh Mustafa, who had heard, he said, of the infamous attempts which had been made to levy blackmail on us, and came now in all haste to tell us of the indignation and disgust which such dishonesty towards foreigners aroused in him.

He could assure us that the dog was really his; and he was glad that we had shot the creature, since to shoot it gave us pleasure.

His one desire was that we should enjoy ourselves.

Since our delight was in the slaughter of domestic animals, he proposed to bring his mare--of the best blood of the desert--round for us to shoot.
We felt exceedingly ashamed, and muttered what we could by way of an apology.