" The guardian went and opened the door of the first granary and put
wheat in the feed-bag until the first granary was entirely empty. He opened
another granary, which was soon equally exhausted, then a third, and so on
in this fashion until all the granaries of the King were emptied. Then he
wanted to open the silos, but their guardian went and spoke to the Sultan,
together with the guardian of the granaries.
"Lord," they said, "the royal granaries are all empty, and yet we have not
been able to fill the feed-bag of the saint's mule."
The donkey-drivers came from Fas and from all countries, bringing wheat on
mules and camels. The people asked them,
"Why do you bring this wheat?"
"It is the wheat of Sidi Mahomet Adjille that we are taking." The news came
to the King, who said to the saint, "Why do you act so, now that the royal
granaries are empty?" Then he called together the members of his council
and wanted to have Sidi Mahomet's head cut off. "Go out," he said to him.
"Wait till I make my ablutions" [for prayer], answered the saint.
The people of the makhzen who surrounded him watched him among them,
waiting until he had finished his ablutions, to take him to the council of
the King and cut off his head.
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