”Nowthen，Howarti，throwverycarefully，soastospreadyournetinthatopenspaceamongthelilies，andtakecaretoavoidtheleafstemsthatwouldlifttheleads。””Bismillah！”awayflewthenet，whichfellinacircle，exactlyinthespotdesired。ItwasamusingtowatchtheusuallystolidcountenanceofHowarti，thatwasnowexpressiveofintensecuriosity。
Thecrown-linejerkedandtuggedevenmorethanatthefirstluckythrow。Howarticleverlyandcautiouslylandedhisnet。Itcontainedaregular”miraculousdraught，”includingaNilecarpofaboutninepounds。”Thatwilldo，Howarti，”Iexclaimed；”wehavefishenoughforallthepeopleonthediahbeeah，aswellasfortheofficersof’TheForty。’”
Thebasketwouldnotcontainthem；thereforethelargerfishwerelaidupongrassinthebottomoftheboat，andwereturnedhome。
Howartinowdividedthefishaccordingtoorders，andexplainedtothedelightedcrowdtheextraordinaryeffectoftheword”Bismillah，”whichinsuredanetfulateverycast。
Onthefollowingmorning，atsunrise，thenowpiousHowartiwentoutasusualwithhiscasting-netaccompaniedbyasailor，whocarriedthelargestbaskethecouldprocure。