| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 21 | His View more quotes about face">face betrayed no emotion. |
| 5 | 22 | "She is not without interest," he said. |
| 5 | 23 | I removed from within my robes the belt in which I had concealed gems. |
| 5 | 24 | I cut the stitching, which held the two sewn pieces together and, one by one, placed the gems on the low, inlaid, lacquered table behind which, cross-legged, sat Suleiman. |
| 5 | 25 | He looked at the gems, taking them, one after the other, between the first finger and thumb of his right hand. |
| 5 | 26 | Sometimes he held them to the light. |
| 5 | 27 | I had made certain I knew, within marketing ranges, the values of the stones, and what, within reason, they would bring in weights of pressed dates. |