There wasn't anybody else except Anazeh that ben Nazir could have sent to fetch you, and the old boy is a dependable friend of ours." "That did not stop him from raiding two villages on the British side of the Dead Sea," I answered.
"Did he ?" "Sure.

I had part of a raided sheep for breakfast." "Um-m-m! Well of all the--damn his impudence! The shrewd old devil must have figured that we can't get after him for it, seeing how he's playing our game.

Bloody old horse-thief! Well, he gets away with it, this time.

You'll have to be mighty careful not to seem to recognize me.

One slip and we're done for.