1
'I shall be very happy to show you the way,' said the Pasha.
2
"Then she will be one day's march nearer Salonika," said the Pasha.
3
"Well, we must make an example of the chief offender," said the pasha.
4
"Just so; but before zat, I mean," said the Pasha, with a keen glance.
5
"It may be so," said the Pasha, with a sigh.
6
"Smoke," said the Pasha, handing a cigarette to his guest.
7
"Come, follow me," said the Pasha, on entering the palace.
8
"Luciousosity," said the pasha, looking upon the offering greedily.
9
"It is painful, but he is dead," said the Pasha, with a grimace of cruelty.
10
"Have a cigarette," said the pasha hospitably, extending a gold case monogrammed with diamonds and emeralds.
11
"By no means,-atleast I hope not," said the Pasha, with a smile and a slightly troubled look.
12
"Spy or no spy," said the Pasha, "you are a brave man to dare me to my face.
13
"Absurd," said the pasha easily.
14
That is my recollection, monsieur.... And I recall," said the pasha, suddenly obliging and sentimental, "that even my little one cried for the child.
15
"Prisoner," said the pasha, sternly, "what do you dare to say for yourself in defence of the crime you have committed?"
16
"I doubt whether it was witchcraft or mere folly," said the pasha, who was much more enlightened than most of his audience.