"
"Man or ghost, I like him well for he has befriended us in our need,
Nurse."
"That we shall know when he has done with us," answered Asti.
An hour later, whilst they were still talking of Kepher and all the
marvels that had befallen them, porters began to arrive, bearing bundles
which, when opened, were found to contain silks and broideries in gold
and silver thread, and leather richly worked, such as the Arabs make,
and alabaster pots of ointments, and brass work from Syria, and copper
jars from Cyprus, with many other goods, all very costly, and in number
more than enough for a wealthy trader's store.
These goods the porters set out on the mats and shelves of the large
front room of the house that opened to the street, which room seemed to
have been built to receive them. Then they departed, asking no fees,
and there appeared a man riding a fine white horse, who dismounted, and,
bowing low towards the screen of pierced wood-work behind which Tua and
Asti were hidden, laid a writing upon a little table, and rode away.
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