He soon discovered what the feeling was toward Ranjoor Singh, and somehow or other he found out what the Turk was talking about.

After that he took the Turk's cue (although he sincerely despised Turks) and began with hint and jest to propagate lust for loot in the men's minds.

Partly, I think, he planned to enrich himself and buy his way to safety--( although God knows in which direction he thought safety lay!).

Partly, I think, he hoped to bring us to destruction, and so perhaps offset his offense of having yielded to our threats, hoping in that way to rehabilitate himself.

So goes a lawyer to court, sure of a fee if his client wins, yet sure, too, of a fee if his client loses, enjoying profit and entertainment in any event.