Evening star., 1933-06-02
CHAPTER xxvI.
Herr Schlacht's Proposal.

<AY YHATP How do you know
n that he ?"
NN "Ah!"
Y And Herr schlacht
wagged a stout fore
hnxer at Margaret. you appeal to
your husband for help then?"
How do you know he :. 2"
"Ahl watch our friend Raj
sui like mouse watches cat; see his
ver' drunk, and when Papa Maligni
%T am nddle tippish, but this
naughty boy YER tipsy, help me put
him in my room so as not shock nize
hddle AngliSch wife l say,
"'Ja, ia. Yer goot, and then I
come back and watch Raisul And my
servant, who looks like YER stupid
Moor and is YER clever Arab, watch,
too. So know"
Margaret felt strong inclination TO
sit down.
{ 81 t'ink you YER brave girl, and
admire. respectfully much. Yer brave,
YER clever. Look see, I am not what
you call in your beautiful language dam
fiirt. isn't it? Lady-kiSSer no, lady,
killer, isn't it? I haf dearly-beloved
wife whom dearly believe, God bless,
waiting for me at my home. So only
admire most respectful, and wish to
help. And you help me. You tell me
all things you know. and / be your
friend No? Isn't ftp"
What sort of things?"
"Joost anything you hear that the
Kaid Is going to do, or anything you
hear Pedro Maligni is going to do, or
the good Raisul.''
"They are hardly likely to consult
me or inform me beforehand, are
they2"
mo, no. But they may consult the
young Herr Jules, your husband, or
inform beforehand, and he might tell
you"
"Do you think it likely should re-
peat to you anything that my husband
told me of other peoples affairS?"
Yes; if it were more better so for
your husband and for you, and If, IN
return for what you have told me, I
have told you t'ings useful; perhaps to
save yourself, perhaps to save the life
of the young Herr Jules"
"And pray how should his life be
IN danger?"
Every ones life here is in danger
The Kaid and Raisul from the French
and SpaniardS, whom they will defy
and fight; Herr Pedro and Herr Jules
from Raisul and the Lady Zainub, If
they offend-especially Herr Jules, If
the Lady ZaIlub t'ink PERHAPS he kill
Raisul or the Kaid himself.
My life is in danger, if all promise
does not hab3en, or if other govern
ment send other emissa1y, and he tink
I am in the way; or PERHAPS Moorish
officers get jealous if Kaid put me over
them, and listen to me in council.
Even ladies' hfes in danger; Lady
81 lisa Beth ell Ain, if zainub get jeal-
Gus about all Maligni family; Lady
zainub herself, if Kaid say,
I" Time I get new wife, this pattern
Old-fashioned. Sara latest model
'Sara's life in danger, if Lady zainub
"T must keep her a good girl; the
only good girls are dead girls.
In spite of herself, Margaret smiled,
and against reason and circumstance,
she instinctively and intuitively liked
and trusted this amazing person, whose
knowledge was phenomenal, uncanny,
and whose observations were as distrub-
ing as they were convincing.
"And t'ink," continued Herr
Schlacht, ''that, apart from wicked
ness Of RaiSuI, the life of yourself may
be in danger"
"oh, what norsensel" expostulated
Margaret. II never heard such lot
Of absurd rubbish and :"
Look you, my dear young lady, you
are not now in London, or green, peace
fll English country. You are in place
uncivilized, and among people barbar-
GUS, where might is right, and there
IS no law but viii and desire. Joost
that much law Aud ell mans motto
is What a man dares, he may do
$50 I .tink, I fear, you yourself's
life is IN danger, from jealousy"
And who on earth should be jeal-
Gus Of me?" asked Margaret. ''You are
8 Dismal Jimmy, Herr Schlacht."
mo. Never am I Jimmy Dismal,
Fraulein. Always laugh, out loud
or in myself. I am joost foony fat
German. And laugh behind what you
call In your beautiful language, poker
face But do not laugh when ] t'ink
your life in danger from jealousy.
Jealousy Of girl Sara"
"What?"
Jealousy of girl Sara who perhaps
much lof Herr Jules. Jealousy of Lady
FL lisa Beth el Ain who do not ike
Angliseh girl coming here and PERHAPS
taking her Jules back again to England.
Jealousy of Lady Zanub -
Nov that is absurd, if all the rest
wasn't"
Jealousy of Lady zainub," repeated
Herr Schlacht imperturbably, who is
YER Jealous of influence Of Herr Pedro