Naomi knew whose voice it was--it was the voice of old Abraham Pigman, the usurer.
"Brothers of Tetuan," the old man cried, "what are we waiting for?
For the verdict of the judges?
Who wants their verdict?
There is only one thing to do.

Let us ask the Kaid to remove this man.

The Kaid is a humane master.

If he has sometimes worked wrong by us, he has been driven to do that which in his soul he abhors.

Let us go to him and say: 'Lord Basha, through five-and-twenty years this man of our people has stood over us to oppress us, and your servants have suffered and been silent.