Yakubturned and ran in the same direction, to lessen the shock as they cametogether. The crowd wavered before the menace of the levelled rifles,but then a new sound erupted. Knowing that more Egyptian troops wouldbe sent to kill him, the newly self-proclaimed Mahdi began ahegira, very much like the exodus of the One True Prophet from Mecca athousand years before. I suppose that we must be grateful to the Prime Minister for coming tothe rescue of the populace, even though he is several months too late, he remarked at last.
If I didn'tknow you better, skipper, I'd think you were up to something. It stopped them short, and they milled indecisively. Amber could not bring herself to say more. Infuture I shall be more circumspect, he promised himself.
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