\"Getaway，willyou？\"saidhe。\"Idon’twantanyofyou，andIwon’thaveyou！IfyoutakeholdofmeI’llshootyou！\"ThiswassaidtoonespeciallyenergeticArab，who，inhiseffortstosecurehisprey，hadcaughtholdofMr。Damerbytheleg。
\"Yes，yes，Isay！Englishmenalwaystakeme；——me——me，andthennobreakhimleg。Yes——yes——yes；——Igo。Master，sayyes。Onlyoneleetletenshillings！\"
\"Abdallah！\"shoutedMr。Damer，\"whydon’tyoutakethismanaway？Whydon’tyoumakehimunderstandthatifallthePyramidsdependedonit，Iwouldnotgivehimsixpence！\"
AndthenAbdallah，thusinvoked，cameup，andexplainedtothemaninArabicthathewouldgainhisobjectmoresurelyifhewouldbehavehimselfalittlemorequietly；ahintwhichthemantookforoneminute，andforoneminuteonly。
AndthenpoorMrs。Damerrepliedtoanapplicationforbacksheishbythegiftofasixpence。Unfortunatewoman！Thewordbacksheishmeans，Ibelieve，agift；butithascomeinEgypttosignifymoney，andiseternallydinnedintotheearsofstrangersbyArabsuppliants。Mrs。