He sent them running, one for stuff to make a bandage, the other for medicaments, but said no word to me until the work was ended, when he grinned and asked: 'Art happy now ?' I told him that I felt a great deal better.
'Good,' he said, and led me by the hand into an upper chamber, richly carpeted, and furnished with a cushioned divan, of which the windows framed a wide view eastward over the Judaean wilderness.
There, sitting comfortably, he asked who I was and of what country; and, hearing that I came from England, questioned me about the High Church and the Low Church in that land, and whether they formed one communion or were separate--a problem which he seemed to think of great importance.

He was glad, he said, that I was not a Roman Catholic, a sect which he regarded as the worst of heretics.
But his concern with all these matters seemed perfunctory compared with the delight he took in farming; for when I noticed from the window some sleek cows munching in a small enclosure, he brightened up and told me they were recent purchases.

He talked about his poultry and his sheep and goats, all of which he would be pleased to show me if I cared to see them.
Accordingly, when we had drunk some coffee, which completed my revival, he took me out and showed me round his small demesne.

We were standing in the shade of trees, discussing turkeys, when my companion of the road arrived upon the truant horse.

He was a member of the Orthodox Greek Church.
What was my amazement when, having tied up the horse, he came with reverent haste and knelt at my companion's feet, kissing his hand with pious and devoted fervour.