When he returned he seized the woman by the shoulders, and, gazing straight into her eyes, said grimly: "Allah keep thee! I am going to walk this world until I find one filthier than thou art.

And if I fail to find one filthier than thou art, I shall go on walking--I have sworn it--to the end."' Suleyman broke off there suddenly, to the surprise of all.
'I fail to see how that rare thing applies to my case,' I observed, as soon as I felt sure that he had finished speaking.
'It does not apply to your case, but it does to others,' he replied on brief reflection.

'It is dangerous to put ideas in people's heads or rouse self-consciousness, for who can tell what demons lurk in people's brains....

But wait and I will find a rare thing suited to the present instance.' 'Say, O Sea of Wisdom, did he find one filthier than she was ?' 'Of course he did.' 'Relate the sequel, I beseech thee.' But Suleyman was searching in his memory for some event more clearly illustrating the grave risks of chance suggestion.

At length he gave a sigh of satisfaction, and then spoke as follows: 'There was once a Turkish pasha of the greatest, a benevolent old man, whom I have often seen.