*
It was on a dark and murky evening that three people riding on horseback were spotted as they approached Sana'a. Sufyan watched through his telescope as they neared the city, recognizing the leader at once to be master Fareed Al-ghala; no other man he knew sat so stiffly on a saddle.
He was puzzled however, as he remembered that they had been four in number when they left the city nearly three weeks ago. He couldn't begin to imagine where the other person had gone to, though he knew that they had headed North.
As they neared the gate, Sufyan peered closely at the man who was just now reaching him. If he hadn't known that it was indeed master Fareed, then he would never have believed it. The man he saw on the saddle had a much thicker and fuller beard than the one who left. Gaunt and
