As Rhamon turned to limp from the shop, the old shoemaker smiled at him. "Some day," he said, "I shall make you a pair of slippers, and not even a king shall have a better pair!"
Before Subro returned to his home, he took Rhamon to the house of Subhanna, a rich merchant who lived down the river. The upper floors of Subhanna's big house hung out over the water and when Rhamon leaned from the high windows, he could see all that was happening on the water below.
Subhanna made beautiful articles out of silver. But he sold many other things besides the ones he made himself. There were shelves and shelves of bells, big elephant bells that made a deep "C-L-I-N-G, C-L-A-N-G" as the great beasts walked. There were pretty brass camel bells and even tiny tinkly ones for the goats that clambered on the mountainsides.
Rhamon saw an immense silver bowl standing on the table in one corner. Its handles were set with bits of gold and precious stones.
