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The supplies have reached Beirut, but the French have ordered the bank to cancel the credit, and until we pay for the supplies they are withheld." "Any gas masks among the supplies you ordered?" Grim asked him; and Feisul nodded. "That banker has played fast and loose with us until the last minute.
It was nearly midnight before we had everything settled, and there was still a lot to do before we could catch the morning train. One thing that Grim did was to take gum and paper and contrive an envelope that looked in the dark sufficiently like the alleged Feisul letter; and he carried that in his hand as he took to the street, with Narayan Singh following among the shadows within hail.
Nobody knew better than Feisul the weakness of the French communications, and the work of those three traitors was only half done when the cavalry took to its heels. The one man who could possibly save the day had to be bagged and handed over. I didn't realize all that, of course, in the twinkling of an eye, as they say you do in a climax. Maybe I've never faced a climax.
He calls himself Ramsden, which is derived from the name of a creature bearing wool, which in turn is a synonym for money. He's on his way to supply Feisul with money, and I'm going to show him the streets of Damascus. Anything else you want to know?" "Supply Feisul with money? That is interesting. American money perhaps? An American banker by any chance?" "Nothing to do with chance.
"I am good at forestalling!" said Hadad. "Then don't you forestall me!" laughed Jeremy. "The fellow with a face like a pig's stern is Yussuf Dakmar, and he's my special preserve." "I am a good Moslem. I refuse to lay hand on pig," said Hadad, smiling. We discussed Feisul and the Arab cause. "Oh, if we had Lawrence with us!" exclaimed Hadad excitedly at last.
Get him, if you can, to send a message to the French General Staff, warning them to watch for Feisul and two civilians and Lawrence in an auto. After that bring him if you have to put him in a sack." "What's his name, and where does he live?" "Adolphe Rene. Everybody knows his house.
I expected to see the three staff officers Daulch, Hattin and Aubek arrested there and then; but nothing happened, except that Feisul suddenly drove away with Mabel and Grim in the same car with him. There followed a rush for the other cars, and the whole line started forward, Jeremy jumping in as our car passed the porch.
Once or twice he tried to make conversation with me, but I was in no mood for it, being a grouchy old bear on occasion without decent manners. Feisul excused himself the minute the meal was over, saying he had a conference to attend, and we all went back into the sitting-room, where Grim took the chair he occupied before and marshalled us into a row on the seat in front of him.
"You know what it means, of course?" Grim trod the ash into the carpet. "If the French could have come by that letter in Jerusalem, they'd have Dreyfussed you put you on trial for your life on trumped-up evidence. They'd send a sworn copy of it to the British to keep them from taking your part." "I am grateful to you for burning it," Feisul answered.
She shook her head, and he turned on Hadad. "Hadad, lose no opportunity of whispering that Lawrence is with Feisul. Add that Lawrence doesn't want his presence known.
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