They stopped, and as he ascended, he had nothing with him because he intended for his money chest. So he filled his pockets with gold and took with him a small box called "Urf" (or "Arf") and the people of Tunis called it "Al-Finiq," also filled with gold. He went up to the roof, then to another house, and went out into the street, heading towards the house of the English Consul. He entered and informed him that he was seeking refuge with him, and he told him the story and gave him the box and his belongings. He said to him, "I want you to order one of your ships to head to the country of Timbuktu at this hour." So the Consul wrote him a letter to one of his captains, saying, "Do not travel to England until you receive this reply from me, and do not delay for a single minute." He gave him the letter and accompanied him with his translator. They went down to the wounded and reached the ship. When the ship's captain read the Consul's letter, he set sail from the anchorage and fired a cannon as a signal to the Consul of his departure. The guards called out, "O Fula, come down!" The women said, "He came down from the time he ascended." They lied to them and searched the house, but found no one there. Al-Haj Bashir, with his Fula, was astonished, and sweat poured down his body. Consider, then, God's mercy. This incident, would this minister have reached his position if he had not spent this money? No, by God, he would have been killed and his money taken, and it would have been of no use to him.