Finally, El Rezak says. “Leave him alone for now. He is still too far gone. We cannot grapple with him while he is in this condition, and we still have time. We will rest till the moon rises after midnight, and then we will rejoin the main army. Maybe Madame will still let us know that we have to go and help in Dutra. Let the men water and groom their horses, and they should start that immediately because that will also take some time. I understand that the only water in this place is at a well underneath the floor in the kitchen.”
MadameThe officer leaves, and he has scarcely given the order when the Arabs start to unsaddle, some of them inside the courtyard, but most of them in the shade of the fort’s wall on the south end of the fort. They start to water their horses, and it is well pa
