human
God! What this means! the Master repeated, as the three men cringed in the wady.
gpt
Success, dominion, power!
human
You mean--
gpt
What do I _not_ mean, Lieutenant? No wonder the Apostate Sheik had to flee from Mecca and take refuge here in this impassable wilderness at the furthest rim of Islam! No wonder he has been hounded and hunted! The only miracle is that some of his own tribesmen have not betrayed him before now!
human
Master, no Arab betrays his own sheik, right or wrong! said Rrisa in a strange voice.
gpt
Before that, an Arab dies by his own hand!
human
Right or wrong, _M'almé_! repeated the Arab. Then he added:
gpt
Shall I not now go to drag in the swine-brother Abd el Rahman?
human
Thou sayst, if he be left there--
gpt
Yes, Master, he will surely die. All who are not sheltered, now, will die. All who lie there on the dune, will be drifted under, will breathe sand, will perish.
human
It is well, Rrisa. Go, drag in the swine-brother. But have a care to harm him not. Thou wouldst gladly slay him, eh?
gpt
More gladly than to live myself! Still, I obey. I go, I bring him safe to you, O Master!