38 who had been resting nearby on the ground, exclaimed, “May Allah protect us against your Devil! All this time, I had suspected Barhoom Sahn al-Hôtel while it was your doing!” “What’s this about Barhoom Sahn al-Hôtel?” my father asked, puzzled. My mother then recounted what had happened the day the golden dagger went missing. Hearing this, my father took me to one end of the makhzan where he had an iron safe. He opened it, took out 100 Rupees, gave them to me and instructed, “Tomorrow, go settle the pawn and retrieve your dagger.”
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