“Can you barricade the doors and windows?”
“That is impossible; the house is so large. I have nothing but wooden shutters.”
“What will you do?”
“When you get the Arabs,” said Leronge, “and Koosh lands with the pirates, you must lead them.”
“Then the battle must take place on the beach.”
“That is it exactly, monsieur.”
Jack saw what the Frenchman meant.
He didn’t want his hotel burned; nor did he intend to risk his life.
He had engaged some wild predatory Arabs for the fight and intended to do no more.
If he offended Koosh he might be afflicted with a terrible vengeance.