By God, I've half a mind to cut you free and leave you to the mercy ofthe Mahdi, he thought venomously, but with an effort set the temptationaside. I was particularly pleased that you were so restrained in your use offorce. Four or five had gone down and werestruggling on the deck in puddles of their own blood. What will you have me do? Where will you meet? I will be with Nazeera in the souk, at the camel market.
Let us seize Allah's bounteous gift. The flags on thetower of Mukran Fort were gone. Onceshe had gathered herself, she turned and raced along the canal towpathtowards its juncture with the Blue Nile. Wait for me there.
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