He returned in a few minutes, saying that the man had returned to Wafadar Nazim's camp.

The six men resumed their meal, and just as they ended it a Pathan glided in white flowing garments into the courtyard and bowed low.
"Huzoor," he said, "His Highness the Khan sends you greeting.

God has been very good to him.

A son has been born to him this day, and he sends you this present, knowing that you will value it more than all that he has"; and carefully unfolding a napkin, he laid with reverence upon the table a little red cardboard box.

The mere look of the box told the six men what the present was even before Luffe lifted the lid.