Our police, when not alarmed, are clever.

Go to them and give a little money.

They will find the thief.' 'I go this minute,' said Rashid.
I bade him wait.

Knowing his way of magnifying me and my possessions, I thought it better to be present at the interview, lest he should frighten the police no less than would the intervention of a consul.
We went together through the shady markets, crossing here and there an open space of blinding sunlight, asking our way at intervals, until at last we entered a large whitewashed room where soldiers loitered and a frock-coated, be-fezzed official sat writing at a desk.

This personage was very sympathetic.
'Twelve pounds!' he cried.