"And the rest of the acts of Ahaziah--" I have no idea what Grim did during the next few days.

I spent the time studying Arabic, and saw nothing of him until he walked into my room at the hotel one afternoon, sat down and came straight to the point.
"Had enough ?" "No." "Got the hang of it ?" "Yes, I think so," I answered.

"Allah's peace, as they call it, depends on the French.

They intend to get Damascus and all Syria.

So they sent down Abdul Ali of Damascus to make trouble for the British in Palestine; the idea being to force the British to make common cause with them.