“I have in my train some suits made for my future father-in-law,” Prince Ahmad said. “They’ll fit you well enough. Take them with my compliments.”
The next twenty-four hours were filled with the uninterrupted surge of activity battle -trained men can sustain. Umar the priest consulted with Nurredin al-Damasci about the disposition of the treasure, and the captain agreed to divide the wealth as was appropriate. Those with training in the quartermaster’s corps directed the others in the physical division. That so much wealth, which had taken the servants of the royal palace days to pack, could be sorted, weighed, and divided in a single day was a tribute to the skill and devotion of the prince’s men.
Prince Ahmad himself spent much of that time writing letters. In his finest hand, with cal
