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Then, aloud, shereiterated the promise that was usually enough to satisfy him: I willgo back to England without any fuss when Rebecca For the same reason he dared not leave the emplacementto escort her back to the palace, and he could not let her wanderthrough the city alone after curfew. The full extent of her predicament began to dawn on her. It can be only days before they fall into theclutches of the Mahdi.

Without looking at either man she rushed forward andseized her little sisters by the wrists. Now that all the attackerswere concentrating on them, their fate seemed sealed. Behind hissword-bearer came the prophet of God himself. Saffron was sitting cross-legged on her camp-bed.