As for him, he might starve to-morrow, the infidel hound; I would not give him a _chowpatti_ or a mouthful of _dal_ to keep his wretched old body alive." "Do I understand that this interview relates to the repayment of the moneys you have advanced ?" "Yes; though that is not the most interesting part of it.

He wanted to pay me in flesh--human flesh, and he offered to make me a king into the bargain, if I would forgive him the debt.

The latter part of the proposal was purely visionary.

The promise to pay in so much humanity he is able to perform.

I have not made up my mind." I looked at Isaacs in utter astonishment.