This had not been permitted; but it remained that she had come here to do it, and perhaps he would understand when he saw her.
Yes, she knew he would understand! She flung up her head to the sun and the pulse-stirring air, and, as she did so, she saw his cavalcade approaching.

She was sure it was he, even when he was far off, by the same sure instinct that convinced him.

For an instant she hesitated.

She would turn back, and meet him with the crowd.

Then she looked around.
The desert was deserted by all save herself and himself and those who were with him.No.Her mind was made up.