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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

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"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.