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He was in a very eagle's aerie; the upper rim of Khinian's gorge seemed not more than a quarter of a mile above him. Round the corner, ten feet from the entrance, stood a guard, armed to the teeth, with a rifle, a sword, two pistols and a long curved Khyber knife stuck handy in his girdle. He spoke to the man and received no answer. He picked up a splinter of rock and threw it.
Then, with a dozen jests thrown to the hairless one for consolation, and an utter indifference to the sacredness of the mosque floor, they sought outer air, and Muhammad Anim led them up the Street of the Dwellings toward Khinian's outer ramparts. They reached the outer gate without incident and hurried into the great dry valley beyond it.
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