The guards stop them by pointing their rifles at them.
Teuns and Saoed get down from their horses. “Caravan to El Soer,” says Saoed.
“Nobody passes unless they have been searched,” says the officer of the tunnel guards.
“What is going on here?” asks Teuns, ensuring his Arab pronunciation is perfect.
“That stupid Akbar Krim had allowed the Legion man to escape. He was supposed to be killed by the eagles,” says the Dulac.
Saoed starts laughing. “The Legion man? Have you not heard?”
“Heard what?” the officer enquires surly.
“He has been captured already, a short while ago. They have him in custody.” Saoed claps the Arab between the shoulders. “He was hiding in the uranium mine. He knows the mine, as he and his people had once worked there. Akbar Krim has taken him to the palace.”
“Whe
