Dialogues The Beggar: I take it that you are a professing Christian Morton Crosby: I am a prominent and I think I may say an influential member of the Mussulman community of Eastern Persia The Beggar: Persia. I should never have taken you for a Persian Morton Crosby: I am not, my father was an Afghan The Beggar: Afghanistan. Ah! A very wealthy country, I believe No real poverty there Morton Crosby: It possesses, nevertheless, a number of highly talented and ingenious beggars, if I had not spoken so disparagingly of marvelous things that have really happened would tell you the story of Ibrahim and the eleven camel-loads of blotting-paper vacationlandDialogues: • The Beggar: I take it that you are a professing Christian. • Morton Crosby: I am a prominent and I think I may say an influential member of the Mussulman community of Eastern Persia. • The Beggar: Persia. I should never have taken you for a Persian. • Morton Crosby: I am not, my father was an Afghan. • The Beggar: Afghanistan. Ah! A very wealthy country, I believe. No real poverty there. • Morton Crosby: It possesses, nevertheless, a number of highly talented and ingenious beggars, if I had not spoken so disparagingly of marvelous things that have really happened I would tell you the story of Ibrahim and the eleven camel-loads of blotting-paper