18/19 "Go, in place of you! You are more needed than I.Without you all these men are lost. Without me--they would not miss me, sir!" "I cannot argue that point with you, Captain. We start at once." He turned to Rrisa, and in Arabic said: "The road we are about to take may lead thee to Paradise. A sand-adder, a scorpion, or a bullet may be the means. Dost thou stand firm with me ?" The Arab stretched out a thin, brown hand to him in the dark. |