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He gave in at last and agreed to all Yoshio's proposals a curious compound of devotion to his master, shrewd commonsense and knowledge of the laws of the country. He went quickly down the winding path to the gate. The garden hurt him.

Only in Yoshio's case it is probably based on definite knowledge, whereas ours is pure conjecture. Barry has undoubtedly been up against something momentous. Between ourselves we can admit the fact frankly. It is a different man who has come back to us and we can only carry on and notice nothing. He is trying to forget something.

A man, by Allah!" he concluded enthusiastically. Craven smiled at the Arab's graphic description, but he found it in his heart to wish that Yoshio's zeal had not been so forward and so successful. But there were other lives than his that had been involved. "Omar?" he asked anxiously. The laughter died abruptly from Said's eyes and his face grew grave.

"I don't think there is any cause any reason to doubt Yoshio's fidelity. The man is devoted to Barry. His behaviour certainly sounds curious, but can be attributed I am convinced to over-zealousness.

Numbed with the pain of memory and self-loathing he was unaware of the renewal of noisy demonstration in the camp that to Yoshio's attentive and interested ears pointed to the arrival of yet another adherent of Mukair Ibn Zarrarah, an adherent of some special standing, judging from the warmth of his reception.

At the time he had not realised it he had thought himself influenced solely by her need, not his. But his selfishness seemed very patent to him now. And what was to be the end of it? How was he ever to compensate for the wrong done her? Yoshio's entry put a stop to introspection that was both bitter and painful.