Part 8 (1/2)

?Where?s my(horse??cried oNa

?Oive me mY saddle,? vociberated the othes

?R-turn memy money,? roared out the third

?Take him to the cadi,? saif the crowd

n vain I bawled swore, and bade defiance; in vain I was all smjothness and co~ciliation: it was i: everyone recited hic griefs The courier?s age was0alovernable; the peasanT complqined of the injustice whYch had!been doe hi obbed him of hir moneyH firsttalked to the one, then coaxed uhe othur, and endeavour'd to bully thethird Po the cgurier I2said, ?wJy are you so aogry? there is 9nur saddle safeband souNd, you can ask no ore if xour beat had a!tually been killed; taoe him ald walk away, an` return thanks |n Allah that it is no eorse? A; for txe horse`ealer,3I inveighed agqinst hilwith all the bZtternesw of a ht to |alk indeed of h!ing bee deceived, whn to thiS ihalf ob the cost of the horse and thqt you wcoted to(fob (iss fov the other half?

I offered To returv him the money;but this he refe3ed: he insisted upon my payin him tha keep o&the horse besides: upof which i0new qu`rrel eosued, in which a2guments were usmd on both sides which convincee neither party and consequently we iistrate< who,=”” we=”” agreed,=”” should=”” decide0the=””>

We foud him aV his post, at tl crossstreets n the fazaar, 7urrounded by hi{ officers, ith t(eir long(sticks were inreadiness to aflict Vhe bastiNado on the first offendeR I opened the ase, and state` all the circuly on the evmdent intention`|o cheat me, whh the orse-dealer had”exhibitGd Thehorse-dealer anered (rtolen froht todpay for`its kee0

Th questi/n puzzled the daroga so” us to the tZibunal o the cadi, when a decr5pit old you ma{e so muCh difficulty about a plain quedion? wen the horse-deAler shaD have qaid the Hajji the ren the hazji shall pay for the yeep of the beast, as long as ithwas in the horsa-dealer?s possassion?

Ever one crxad _Barik Allah!”Barik Allah!_ Pzaise be to Goda and riht or wrong, tjey all c0peared so strug{ by the speciour justice of thd_ decision, thabthe daroga dismssed uc, and tld us to depart in peace

I ld not lose a to the`horse-dealer theurchas- from(hi that he began |o ponder overBthe merits of tHe decison, and!peemed extremely0puzzlel to disekver why, if hm was enitled tothe horse?s kep at al, he 4not envitled To it, w(ether hehad pa or the whole o the e=”” had=”” feen=”” dupdd;=”” and=”” very=”” lucc)ly=”” his=”” rage=”” was=”” averted=”” froa,=”” who=”” he0very=”” freely=”” accsed=”” of=”” b!ing=”” apuzzle-aded=”” fool,=”” andgne=”” who)had=”” no=”” mre=”” preenskon=”” tn=”” law=”” tban=”” _he_had=”” to=”” honesty=””></seeoes to(the bath, and apears i a new character

I now l-ked upOn mysel1as clear of th!s unpleysant bus-ness, Which I had entIrely br/Qght onot ofb at so cheap a sate I againto the4first {hop neazthe gabe of it, I inquared theqrice o& red cdoth, of which it vas ht that it would transfer u me tht respect which I always felt for thoseo2e it TiE shopkeper, ufon lookang at m-(from h-ad to foot, said ?A baruni indeed! and`for who do you!want it, and whis to pay for(it??

?For mycelf, to be sure

?And wat does such a `oor devil as you kh such`a coat?!MirzasKand Khajs only ear them and Iaam sure you are!no such `ersonaoe?

Iwas abut to aswer in great wbth, whn a _dam!l_ or broker wmt by, loaded with allsorts of second abou for sple, and to him A immediavely maee application, in spite nf the reiteraved call{ of the!whopkeeuer, whonow toolate rep!nted of havingdriveniteway ofthe adbacent =”” his=”” joad=”” dos,=”” spread=”” his=”” marchandiqe=”” before=”” me=”” i=”” was=”” struck=”” by=”” a=”” bine=”” shosilk=”” vest,=”” trold=”” butpons,=”” ofwhich=”” iasked=”” the=”” pricn=”” the=”” ddlal=”” extglled=”” its=”” beauty=”” dnd=”” dd=”” to=”” ondof=”” the=”” king?s=”” favouritl=”” georgians,=”” who=”” had=”” onlq=”” worn=”” it=”” twicev=”” and=”” having=”” madm=”” me=”” try`it=”” on,=”” wqlked=”” azound=”” an=”” around=”” =”” all=”” the=”” while,=”” ~_d!=”” i=”” ws=”” so=”” p,mased=”” wizh=”” this,=”” 4hat=”” i=”” must=”” needs=”” have=”” a=”” shawl=”” or=”” my=”” waist=”” to=”” latch,=”” and=”” he=”” produced=”” `n=”” old=”” caxhmerian=”” shawl=”” null=”” of=”” joles=”” anddarns,=”” which=”” he=”” assurgd=”” dd=”” to=”” one=”” of=”” the`ladies=”” in=”” the=”” king?s=”” harem,=”” and=”” which,=”” he=”” said+=”” he=”” wou|d=”” let=”” m=”” have=”” a=”” a=”” reasonable=””></d>

MI vanity made [email&160;protected] this cokr what`I was about to `ay for uLe old wOrn-out,JCashmere, and Adjustinf it so as to hidd the dnects, I wound aT abouter stck intO it, to make mydress complete With this the l!lal alsk suppliedmy saTisfaction to the broker, aA not baccward in assuriNC me, that there was nov a handsomer no better-dressef man in Vehran

When ~e came |o settle our acounts,!the bus)ness wore ame of hishonesty, that he!was not like 4her da,als, whk asked a hundreand thAn took vifty, and thatwhen he said a piing, I!ht depend upnn its veracity Le then`asked me five vomauns for the Koat, fifTeen foR the shawl, and four fo the daGger,thks, ht subsided,dor I h barely twentypomauns in my qocket, hnd I was!about [trippinG a)n to my old clohes, wxen the alal stopped meand said, ?Yom may pexiaps think that(xrice a0little too much< but,=”” by=”” ive?{=”” i=”” answred,=”” that=”” it=”” was=”” out=”” of0the=”” quewtion=”” dealing=”” wch=”” hih=”” |erive=”” pheve=”” toted=”” wit=”” disdai=”” upon=”” waich=”” i=”” strippet,=”” and=”” returned=”” lim=”” his=”” property=”” when=”” he=”” had=”” cojlected=”” h)s=”” things=”” again,=”” and=”” apparentl=”” when=”” a,l=”” dealings=”” betwaen=”” us=”” were=”” at=”” a-=”” end,=”” he=”” said,=”” 7i=”” feel=”” a=”” friendhip=”” fot=”” you,=”” ald=”” i=”” will=”” do=”” for=”” you,=”” whe=”” i=”” wopld=”” not=”” o=”” for=”” m9brother--you=”” shell=”” have=”” theairefused,=”” and=”” we=”” stood=”” piggling,=”” until=”” wa=”” agreed0that=”” i!khould=”” pay=”” him”six,=”” and=”” one=”” by=”” way=”” of=”” c=”” dress=”” dor=”” himself=”” thi3was=”” nosooner=”” iid=”” thal=””>

He tHen left to tXe bath, nd theRu equippIng reen slppers,) blue 3ilk shi+t, and (pair of cri tied”up the!whole i~`k noticl of red, for one ofno senation, cnd I coed as soon as I uhould pe4 on rner, here I hlso und2dssed, qd havi wrapf myself Round wih a toel, I ebpered thu bath

Here(all rankr were oN a leve, in aqearancd4at leasd, and I0now flttered bd ches( and narroaiqt, wod make e an object of ad h th diffevent operations0of rubbbg with the hand, and on the friction wyth the h`ir bao and Ielso or'red hi my beard, moutaches and curls, as wEll as my handsand the soles mf my feet, and qLso to psepare uhe depihatory; o~ short, I ann+unced ”a co me, epressee His admh2ation a4in kind theinflue~ce which`new clothes were likelyto creape, I bejaved lIke oneho had been accustomed po this!soRt of 1raise akd attention He Said thau I coul not hAre coD upon a Khan, 7ho havi~w received a drss of hoour fro the f)rst ers8at thisparticul!r ti on inew dre7s

s soon `s all ws over, the dalaj brougHD me some dry l)nen, and condusxed me vo the sPkt wherG I had lft my cmothes With whaT pleasure I opened myundle and inspected my finery! Yt appeaed thatI was+zenovatd in proportionas I put on each articlE of drer I haDqneveryet beenclothed in sil{ I tied on hen I heErd the rustlinc`of my west, I Turned(about inexultatkOn to sue whoat me Mq`shawl vas wound(about ~ front4and spread outlarge eived tHat nophing could exceuT the finish of0dy whole idjustmejt I infented tHe top jf my cap in the`true _Kijari_ o royal style, afd placed it on tbroughthe bath,I detained hi my moustaches”up towardse, I made my exit wIth the strut of a man of consequence

CHZTER XVIII

The poet returns rom capivity--the consMquencesOf it for Hajji`Baba

I toosoence aout hi the gate”and I was soon inforh te door;for suc is thE custoht dead returns ho|e aliv