"I shall not easily forgive myself.

He was my friend, you see.

I had him by the arm, and I let him go.

I was a fool." And he knocked upon his forehead with his fist.
"He tried Arabic," Durrance resumed, "pleading that he and his companions were just poor peaceable people, that if I had given him too much money, I should take it back, and all the while he dragged away from me.

But I held him fast.