We shall be back, you know, by two o'clock." "Is that certain ?" "It must be certain, for we are taking no lunch with us, and we shall be famished by then." "Yes, I expect we shall be ready for a hock and seltzer at any rate," said the Colonel.

"This desert dust gives a flavour to the worst wine." "Now, ladies and gentlemen!" cried Mansoor, the dragoman, moving forward with something of the priest in his flowing garments and smooth, clean-shaven face.

"We must start early that we may return before the meridial heat of the weather." He ran his dark eyes over the little group of his tourists with a paternal expression.

"You take your green glasses, Miss Adams, for glare very great out in the desert.

Ah, Mr.
Stuart, I set aside very fine donkey for you--prize donkey, sir, always put aside for the gentleman of most weight.