The Cadi called upon the bystanders for help.

The Jew was dragged with difficulty from his victim.

Then the Cadi asked: '"Why, pray, did you attack my servant in that savage way ?" '"That man," said the Jew, still white with rage, and pointing with his tallow finger at the major-domo, who had risen from the ground--"that man contains my grandfather." '"What words are these?
Explain yourself!" the Cadi cried.
'"Three weeks ago, O gracious Excellency, my grandfather died in Stambul.

It had ever been his dearest wish to be buried in the Holy City, near the scene of judgment; and that wish of his was law on us his offspring.

But how could we fulfil it?
How, I ask?
No skipper, whether Nazarene or Muslim, would receive a dead Jew on his ship for less than the corpse-weight in gold.