'If you have any doubt, question my lord who is out here behind me--a great one of the English, famed for his veracity.' And I was ready to confirm each word he said.
In a very little while that village was astir.
It was the seat of a mudir who had two soldiers at his beck and call.
The great man was aroused from sleep; he questioned us, and, as the result of the inquiry, sent the soldiers with us to survey the battlefield.

A crowd of peasants, armed with quarter-staves and carrying lanterns, came with the party out of curiosity.

Our horses having had enough of travel, we went back on foot amid the noisy crowd, who questioned us incessantly about the strange event.

The murmur of our going filled the wood and echoed from the rocks above.
By the time we reached the place where we had seen the human limbs, the dawn was up, to make our lanterns useless.
Rashid and I were certain of the spot.

We came upon it with a thrill of apprehension.
But there was nothing there.
'I seek refuge in Allah!' gasped Rashid in pious awe.