"Prop him up," Selkirk ordered, and they moved on, step by step. Now he was committed, his mind focussed, so everything outside this operation dimmed into irrelevance. All that mattered was a successful outcome here; nothing else counted, not casualties and not his death.
They reached the first floor without incident. A sentry stood on either side of the great wooden door, an onbasi and a private, both with the square patches on their sleeves and both looking extremely efficient. The onbasi barked a challenge, to which Abraham responded. It was apparent that the onbasi had orders to let nobody in, whatever their rank.
onbasionbasionbasiFor a second the onbasi faced the group of Reivers. Selkirk could see that he was trying to recognise faces. The onbasi frowned as Abraham issued an order
