He starts running after the fleeing Arab but knows it is useless even while running. Around the sides of the building, more guards are coming because they have heard the frantic blowing of the whistle. With sudden blind fury, he runs after the fleeing Arab, and from ten paces away, he throws the curved sabre at the man, like they have been taught in Dini Salam. The sabre flies through the air like a deadly sickle, hitting him with the sharp point between the shoulder blades. He falls forward with a high scream, and his whistle falls out of his mouth, shining on the sand of the parade ground. Teuns sees that the new guards are surrounding him, and several soldiers on horseback come riding along from the stables.
Teuns stops running and feels the bigger part of his fury and hatred leaving h
