carrying a shining object which looked like gold. I addressed him with greed in my heart.
“‘I am Afzal Khan, the great FAKIR. What have you there?’
“‘This ball of gold is my sole material wealth; it can be of no interest to a FAKIR. I implore you, sir, to heal my limp.’
“I touched the ball and walked away without reply. The old man hobbled after me. He soon raised an outcry: ‘My gold is gone!’
“As I paid no attention,
carrying a shining object which looked like gold. I addressed him with greed in my heart.
“‘I am Afzal Khan, the great FAKIR. What have you there?’
“‘This ball of gold is my sole material wealth; it can be of no interest to a FAKIR. I implore you, sir, to heal my limp.’
“I touched the ball and walked away without reply. The old man hobbled after me. He soon raised an outcry: ‘My gold is gone!’
“As I paid no attention,
