Clearly, Alifa was a woman of resource, for she had little difficulty in arranging for the sum. However, after having paid the bribe without the desired result, she went to get back her money. It was indeed restored to her, but lacking LE20, which is why, when she heard that Phillipedes was being prosecuted, she volunteered to testify against him. The final hearings of the trial were allocated to the defence. It is his responsibility to inform the government on clandestine activities.
Every government has such a position.
But the person who occupies that position has a thousand and one anguishes. Firstly, it is a dangerous profession by nature. Therefore, it is no surprise that Phillipedes was already accused and tried before he ever appeared in this courtroom and had already been the object of the wildest vilification, the least of which being that he is the head spy in Egypt. If El-Hilbawi was referring to the general glee at the downfall of the prime enemy of the nationalist movement, those who held these sentiments were not to be disappointed. Phillipedes was found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison and a fine of LE785.