Bonaparte turned and saw Quartermaster Falou seated upon his dromedary. "Ah, is it you?"
"Yes, citizen-general."
"How does it happen that you have a dromedary when the rest are on foot?"
"Because two men have died of the plague on my dromedary's back, and no one will ride it."
"And it seems that you are not afraid of the plague?"
"I am not afraid of anything, citizen-general."
"Very well. I will remember that. Look up your friend Faraud and both of you come to me at Cairo."
"We will be there, citizen-general."
Bonaparte glanced at Croisier's grave.