But he feared lest the poor Mohammedans should suffer from the prince's extortion, and he forgave freely the interest, amounting now to a huge sum, and put off the payment of the bond itself to the maharajah's convenience.

Did ever an Oriental forgive a debt before even to his own brother?
Not in my experience.
I rose and went down to Isaacs.

I found him as on the previous evening, among his cushions with a manuscript book.

He looked up smiling and motioned me to be seated, keeping his place on the page with one finger.
He finished the verse before he spoke, and then laid the book down and leaned back.
"So you have made up your mind that you would like to see Ram Lal.

He will be here in a minute, unless he changes his mind and does not come after all." There was a sound of voices outside.