Inshallah, he will turn into a tiger presently!" "Beware of him! He is an Administration spy.

He is watching me talk to you, and perhaps he will ask you afterward what I have said.

You must be very careful how you answer him." "I will tell him you asked me for a love-potion for the engine-driver's wife," Jeremy answered.
"I am listening.

What is it you are really going to say ?" "That master of yours--that Ramsden, who dismissed you so tyrannically just now--" "That drunkard?
There is nothing interesting to be said about him," Jeremy answered.

"He is a fool who has paid my fare as far as Damascus.
May Allah reward him for it!" "Are you telling me the truth ?" demanded Yussuf Dakmar, fixing his eyes sternly on Jeremy's.
Your con man never overlooks a chance to put his intended victim on the defensive at an early stage in the proceedings.