“Not much, unky, and that’s a fact; but Max will tell me what to do.”
“Go, then; and if you die, you will know it was for the truth.”
“Just so, only we shall not die; at least, not just yet. When do we start, Max?”
“At once; earlier, if possible,” and the madcap laughed as he spoke.
He walked away to think out his plan of action, and was joined by Girzilla.
“You were going without bidding me good-by.”
“Yes.”
“Cruel brother. Remember, Max, wherever you may be, I am not Kalula to you, but Girzilla.”
“I shall never forget it, my true one. May you be happy.”
The girl was deeply agitated, for she realized from what Mohammed, her father, had told her, that the mission in which both Max and Ibrahim were to be engaged was one of deadly peril, and that the chances were that neither would ever be seen again alive.