The man said to himself: ‘I have fallen between two kings. I know that this one is unjust to all who are in his lands, and if I do not satisfy him I shall certainly be put to death and my money seized without my having performed my errand. On the other hand, if I give him all the money, then the king to whom it belongs will undoubtedly kill me. The only thing that I can do is to win the favor of the unjust king by giving him a little bit of the money and so protect myself and preserve the rest of it. This land is fertile enough to allow me to feed myself until I can buy the gems I want. In this way, I shall have pleased the unjust king with my gift and, then, having taken my fair share from his land, I shall take my master what he wants.