Chapter 23 XXIIIToC

CONCERNING BRIBES

'Why did you want those four mej?dis?' I inquired severely.

Suleyman shrugged up his shoulders and replied:

'I had to pay the proper fees, since you yourself showed not a sign of doing so, to save our carefully established honour and good name.'

'You don't mean that you gave them to the Ca?mmacam?'

'Allah forbid! Co