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Unfortunatelyyou were one of those to suffer, Ballantyne. They slumped low onthe tall wooden saddles and gave themselves over to the rhythm of thecamels' gait. Many of the tribes under Osman Atalan had played a major role at thebattle of El Obeid where General Hicks and his seven thousand hadperished. The gaping grinexposed two crooked teeth widely separated by an expanse of pink gum.

There was scarcely enough daylight for Ryder to finish his preparationsto leave Khartoum, and the sun was In the centre Salida leant forward in the saddle of his grey camel. The city street was empty,except for a few of the women from the green-cake kitchens. It resulted thathaving been thus put to shame, she left her child and returned to theocean Kami's palace, decla