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The young man, delighted at this extreme mark of favour, jumped on his horse, and Helmar, in obedience to the officer's instructions, took Belbeis's horse. "It is good," said the Arab, "the master's work is now done. Be careful of him," he went on, handing over his sleek Arab charger. "He is Naoum's favourite steed, and will never fail you. I regret that he is wounded."
They had scarcely gone a quarter of a mile when George drew Belbeis's attention to another cloud of dust. "See," he said, "there are some more ahead of us! It looks as if we are hemmed in on all sides. We cannot retreat our horses will not last." Belbeis gazed at the cloud George had drawn attention to, and then anxiously glanced at the one to the north.
He might call out and warn the approaching patriarch, but this, he knew, would be useless, for then the five men would fire a volley of bullets into his poor withered old body. No, that would not do. Just then George caught the sound of Belbeis's voice protesting loudly. "You are a fool, Abdu, you are like all the rest.
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