Last, he drew out a little sword with rubies set in the hilt.

For an instant Sunni hesitated; the ornaments were nothing, but the sword was his chief possession and his pride.

It would be so easy to carry away! He looked at it lovingly for a minute, and laid it with the rest.

All these things were his very own, but something told him that he must not take them away.

Then he took the long coarse white turban cloth from his head, and wrapped everything skilfully in it.