T h e B l a c k S t o n e 32 Saqlabi: By Allah, I will not let you do it! … I will kill you first. (Saqlabi enters the bathroom. The sounds of the pouring of water and clunking of pots are heard. Then Saqlabi comes out with the knife in his hand). Abu Sa‘id al-Jannabi (calling from his private room): Servant! Is the bath ready? Saqlabi (hides the knife in his waistband from behind. He receives Abu Sa‘id al-Jannabi face to face). Saqlabi: The bath is ready, Master. (Abu Sa‘id heads for the bathroom. At the door, Saqlabi stabs him in the back. Abu Sa‘id groans in pain and Saqlabi pushes him into the bathroom) (Saqlabi heads to the middle of the majlis with the knife in his hand behind his back, and calls for a Commander) Saqlabi: Commander! Commander! One of the Commanders comes in.
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