The girl is only a bulbul in a golden cage and with no one to sing to." Hawke cut short Ram Lal's flowery figures.
"Does the Swiss woman trade with you ?" he demanded.
"Yes, she buys a few simple things--my peddlers take the Veiled Rose many rich things.

The old Sahib is very generous to the child.

And the dragon loves trinkets, too!" Then Alan Hawke's eyes gleamed.
"She knows your shop here ?" "Perfectly," replied Ram Lal, "and comes alone--on the master's business.

You know I had many dealings with Sahib Hugh Fraser in the old days," mused the jeweler.

"He always admits my men.