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or say to all tins, beyond hoping that they will 

 think it over, and suggesting how many valualjle 

 articles there will be for division amono- the servants 

 when the journey is over and the camp broken up. 

 Money they protest they do not care about. Wliat 

 good will it be to them if they are taken out to die 

 in the wilderness ? But I am sure the thought of 

 the pots and pans he may inherit by persevering to 

 the end will go far with Hanna, and Ferhdn is too 

 good a creature to desert us if Hanna stays. So 

 I have given them till this evening to make up 

 their minds. 



Everything else is arranged. We went this morn- 

 ing in state to the Mudir's, and he received us with 

 many apologies in the wretched liovel he inhabits. 

 It is a ground-floor without flooring, windows, fur- 

 niture, or anything to make it comfortable, and 

 looks more like an empty stable than an official 

 residence. However, Ali Bey is a well-bred man, 

 <and did the honours of his " serai " with the utmost 

 politeness. A little comedy then began, the details 

 of which had been arranged beforehand with Mo- 

 hammed ; and after the usual compliments and the 

 usual cups of coffee, Wilfrid informed the Mudir 

 that we were come to say goodbye, that we had 

 just heard of the arrival of the Anazeh in the 

 neighbourhood, and were starting for their camp in 

 the morning. Ali Bey in his broken Arabic began 

 to expostulate, but Mohammed and the rest of the 

 audience, who had been packed for the occasion. 



