? ? ? ? Mohammed Beyd listened in silence. How much of the unbeliever's story he might safely believe he did not know; but as it afforded him an excuse for deserting the village and making for the north he was not inclined to cross-question the Belgian too minutely.
? ? ? ? "And if I ride north with you," he asked, "half the jewels and half the ransom of the woman shall be mine?"
? ? ? ? "Yes," replied Werper.
? ? ? ? "Good," said Mohammed Beyd. "I go now to give the order for the breaking of camp early on the morrow," and he rose to leave the tent.
? ? ? ? Werper laid a detaining hand upon his arm.
? ? ? ? "Wait," he said, "let us determine how many shall accompany us. It is not well that we be burdened by the women and children, for then indeed we might be overtaken by the Abyssinians.
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