I have no great trust in this black man, Mansoor.

I had rather talk direct with the Miralai." "What have you to say ?" "I have waited long, until they should all be asleep, and now in another hour we shall be called to evening prayer.

First of all, here is a pistol, that you may not say that you are without arms." It was a clumsy, old-fashioned thing, but the Colonel saw the glint of a percussion cap upon the nipple, and knew that it was loaded.

He slipped it into the inner pocket of his Norfolk jacket.
"Thank you," said he; "speak slowly, so that I may understand you." "There are eight of us who wish to go to Egypt.

There are also four men in your party.