Hajji Baba Chapter XXVII: Of the Preparations Made by the Chief Physician to Receive the Shah as His Guest, and the Great Expense Which Threatened Him

"Hajji," he said, What is to be done in this difficult case? I have received a hint, that the king expects from me a considerable Pah-endaz, and this from the lord high treasurer himself, whose magnificence on such occasions is the theme of wonder throughout the whole of Persia. Now, it is impossible that I can rival him.