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Updated: May 13, 2025
Both of you are able to testify to criminal actions on the part of Youssef. Also, if this works out as I hope, you will have testimony to give on the actions of Kemel Moustafa. Now, if you knew there was evidence against you, and you were completely ruthless, what would you do?" "Remove the evidence," Rick said slowly. His eyes met Scotty's. "Exactly.
Hassan finished his recital of a trip to the Valley of the Kings with his American employers and Rick took advantage of the lull to borrow a match. He lighted it and looked at his watch. It was nearly midnight. Had Scotty met Kemel Moustafa at seven? Rick thought he probably had, and wondered what Third Brother's reaction to his mysterious disappearance had been.
"I haven't heard you volunteering to hand the poor creature over. Besides, our pal Kemel is not all that he seems." "And how do you know?" "Easy. Did he ask us who jumped us in the pyramid, or why? Did he explain why he carries a Luger? Nope, to both. He carries a Luger because there's danger in this business. And he knows why those Arabs jumped us.
When the camel's protests had ceased, Hassan spoke to him rapidly. The man answered at length. "He was with Youssef," Hassan said. "But he is also in the pay of Kemel Moustafa. Last night he went to Moustafa and told him about us. Moustafa sent him to bring us back." Rick hesitated. Could they trust this man? But it was a silly question, because he knew he had no choice.
"Unless the guard insists that you go with him." "No speak Arabic," Rick said. "I won't understand. Let's hope the guard speaks no English." "Well, if anything goes wrong, Moustafa will just have to wait. So I'll take the first shift and you go get puss. That means I'll be waiting for ol' Kemel alone tonight at the hotel." "Looks that way."
Why didn't you put Kemel in jail, too? And how about Bartouki?" "We had no evidence that would stand up in court against Kemel, although we were convinced he was in the act with his brothers. That's why I waited until he tried to take the cat by force." Rick exploded, "You used us and the cat for bait!" "It worked," Ben pointed out mildly.
The boy grabbed his throat in one hand and fended off crushing blows with the other. He was concentrating so hard on holding his grip that a newcomer who ran into the control room had to yell. "Get up, I said. All of you!" A heavy foot crashed down on the Sten gun and held it. Rick looked up, dazed with effort, into the cold face of Kemel Moustafa.
Ben's voice said, "If you will turn slowly, you will see a shotgun barrel pointed at you through the window. If you turn rapidly, it fires. And, as you turn, another shotgun will come through the doorway to cover you. You're all done, Kemel. Better drop it. I want you alive." Third Brother turned, slowly and carefully. Rick looked up and saw the shotgun barrel, as Ben had promised.
We gave him a copy we had made in concrete. I should add we also were attacked in front of the Egyptian Museum by men who searched us. That was why we made the copies in concrete. The real one is hidden. Then, this morning, we were attacked again, inside the pyramid. We were rescued by Kemel Moustafa. He is here with us now. If you approve, we will give him the cat.
He thought of Kemel Moustafa the revolutionary, the only one of the three brothers they had met and he thought of Hassan's saying. He added, "The little jackal barks, but the caravan passes." Hakim Farid laughed outright. "We'll make a good Egyptian of you yet, Rick." The time along the Greenwich meridian, from which all world times are measured, was 9:30 P.M.
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