Yes, at last, away to the south-east, there was life stirring, men moving--moving quickly.

He got to his feet slowly, still listening, stood for a moment motionless, then, with a cry of satisfaction, dimly saw a moving mass in the white moonlight far over by the river.

Ebn Ezra Bey and his men were coming.
He started below, and met David on the way up.

He waited till David had mounted the roof, then he pointed.

"Now, Saadat!" he said.
"They have stolen in ?" David peered into the misty whiteness.
"They are almost in, Saadat.