We call it the work of evil spirits!" The Master made no reply, save to command silence.
For a time nothing happened in the Arabs' camp.

Then came a little stir, off there in the gloom.

A sound of voices grew audible.

The name of Allah drifted out of the all-enveloping night, to them, and that of his Prophet.

A cry: "_Ya Abd el Kadir_--" calling on a patron saint, died before the last word, "_Jilani_," could find utterance.