Kaid's face was turned away as he listened.
"She spoke no word of me ?" Kaid said at last.

"To whom should she speak ?" David asked gently.

"But the amulet thou gavest her, set with one red jewel, it was clasped in her hand in death." Suddenly Kaid's anger blazed.

"Now shall Achmet die," he burst out.
"His hands and feet shall be burnt off, and he shall be thrown to the vultures." "The Place of the Lepers is sacred even from thee, Effendina," answered David gravely.

"Yet Achmet shall die even as Harrik died.