Ben Nazir volunteered to provide me with two men in addition as a sort of bodyguard.
"Because Ahmed is a person who is not respected." It did not take ten minutes to produce Ahmed and the two men.
The latter were six-foot, solemn veterans armed with rifles and long knives.

With them at my heels I set out to explore El-Kerak.
"There is nothing to see," said Ahmed, who did not want to come.
But Ahmed was a liar.

There was everything to see.

The only definite purpose I had in mind was to find Grim.

It was possible I might recognize him even through his disguise.