You see, Saadat, in that five hundred I'm only counting the invincibles, the up-and-at-'ems, the blind-goers that 'd open the lid of Hell and jump in after the enemy." The pale face lighted.

"So many! I would not have put the estimate half so high.

Not bad for a dark race fighting for they know not what!" "They know that all right; they are fighting for you, Saadat." David seemed not to hear.

"Five hundred--so many, and the enemy so near, the temptation so great." "The deserters are all gone to Ali Wad Hei, Saadat.

For a month there have been only the deserted." A hardness crept into the dark eyes.