What does it mean?
Have my friends fallen into the hands of robbers ?" Mustapha immediately nods his head.
"It is so, monsieur." "Who are they ?" "Arabs, Kabyles, Moors--all who hate the Franks, yet love money more.
They are under a desperate leader, the Tiger of the Desert." At this Monsieur Constans utters a low cry.
"He means Bab Azoun, ze terrible gate-way of death." Mustapha again nods, and John resumes his cross-questioning with a lawyer's tact.
"Were our friends injured ?" "Not seriously.

They fight well.

The soldier threatens to kill all, but they do not allow him to do it." "Brave Blunt; he deserves a Victoria cross.

But where were you, Mustapha ?" The Arab hangs his face; he looks sheepish.
"I come up just when all was over.

They twenty against one.