? ? ? ? Across the speaker's shoulder, limp and frightened, the girl waited for the Arab's reply. He would laugh at this preposterous story; of that she was sure. In an instant he would unmask the deception that M. Frecoult was attempting to practice upon him, and they would both be lost. She tried to plan how best she might aid her would-be rescuer in the fight which must most certainly follow within a moment or two.
? ? ? ? Then she heard the voice of the Arab as he replied to M. Frecoult.
? ? ? ? "Are you going alone, or do you wish me to awaken someone to accompany you?" he asked, and his tone denoted not the least surprise that Mohammed Beyd had suddenly discovered such remarkably sensitive characteristics.
? ? ? ? "I shall go alone," replied Werper, and he passed on and out through the narrow opening in the boma, by which the sentry stood.
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