They were slaves, these Persians and Turks and Egyptians, but they came out of bondage with the trophies of queens stuck in their hair, in their ears, on their hands and arms and about their waists and throats.
The remainder of the men in the party, fourteen or fifteen in all, were of many castes and nationalities, and of various ages.

There were brown-skinned fellows from Calcutta, a couple of sturdy Greeks, an Egyptian and a Persian, three or four Assyrians and as many Maori.

As to their walks in life: among them were clerks and guards from the bank, members of the native constabulary, Indian fakirs and showmen, and venders of foreign gewgaws.
Bowles, his thin legs still shaking perceptibly, although he strove mightily to hold them at strict "attention," was the spokesman.

A valiant heart thumped once more against the seams of the little red jacket; if his hand trembled and his voice shook, it was because of the unwonted exertion to which both had been put in that stirring flight at dawn.

He had eager, anxious listeners about him, too--and of the nobility.