human
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gpt
Good morning!
human
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gpt
Good day to you! ] he cried, hastening towards me with a broad, fiendish smile upon his coarse, brutal features.
human
Thou art forgotten.
gpt
Thy people could scarcely have overlooked me when they left my tent untouched, I said, angered that this man should still be haunting me like an evil shadow.
human
Besides, they departed by stealth, so as not to attract my attention. For what reason have they plunged again into the desert?
gpt
For reasons known only to ourselves, the crafty brigand replied, displaying his teeth in the hideous grin that seemed natural to him.
human
A secret message received after _el maghrib_ made it necessary to move.
gpt
Didst thou fear attack?
human
We fear nothing, save the wrath of Allah,
gpt
We of the Roumis endeavour to be loyal to those who eat salt with us, I said, presently.
human
Thy people, however, desert the stranger to whom they give succour.
gpt
If thou hadst full knowledge of our affairs, thou wouldst be aware that circumstances had combined to render it imperative that my people should leave this spot, and proceed by a certain route, of which thou must remain in ignorance. In order, however, that thou shouldst not be left to starve in this vast region of the Great Death, I am here to guide thee onward to a spot where we may in two days rejoin our friends.