“You know!”
“By the beard of the Prophet, I swear I do not know.”
“It is no sin to lie to an infidel!”
“Ras al Had never lied to any man.”
“You do not know what happened? Well, we were betrayed by those black dogs you sent to escort us. We were led here. I was choked into unconsciousness. What has become of Nadia I cannot tell.”
A strange and terrible look came to the face of the old Arab. His eyes glittered with a deadly light.
“Do you swear that my men did this?”
“Yes.”
“Then to you I swear that each and every one of them shall pay the penalty of their treachery with his life! That is the oath of Ras al Had! Do you hear me!”
“I hear, but——”