I’ll return if she does not
Passionately cling."
"Thus advantage may be anticipated from a benefactor, thief though he be. How much more from a suppliant guest? Besides, having been maltreated by them, he will labor for our success, or for the revelation of their vulnerable point. In view of this, he should not be killed."
Having listened to this view, Foe-Crusher questioned another counselor, namely, Hook-Nose. "My worthy sir, what should be done under the present circumstances?" And Hook-Nose answered: "O King, he should not be killed. For
From enemies expect relief,
If discord pierce their host;
Thus, life was given by the thief
And cattle by the ghost."
"How was that?" asked Foe-Crusher. And Hook-Nose told the story of
THE BRAHMAN, THE THIEF, AND THE GHOST
There was once a poor Brahman in a certain place. He lived on presents, and always did without such luxuries as fine clothes and ointments and perfumes and garlands and gems and betel-gum. His beard and his nails were long, and so was the hair that covered his head and his body. Heat, cold, rain, and the like had dried him up.
