You, Fardet, _comprenez vous?
Il est necessaire_ to plug these Johnnies before they can hurt us.
You, dragoman, tell those two Soudanese soldiers that they must be ready--but, but".

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his words died into a murmur, and he swallowed once or twice.

"These are Arabs," said he, and it sounded like another voice.
Of all the bitter day, it was the very bitterest moment.