"And whither goest thou, my master?"
"That only Allah can direct, from day to day. La Illaha il Allah!"
"And what is my mission to be?" asked the driver, anxiously.
"It is to seek the Beni Sads; to find the aged chief, the Terror of the Desert; to say to him, 'Kanana hath fulfilled his vow.' He hath not lifted the lance against Airikat; but thy white camel is returned to thee, bearing thy first-born upon his back. Go, and God go with thee!"
"Who art thou?" cried the man upon the white camel, starting from his seat as the dromedary gave the usual grunt, in answer to the prod, and moved away.
The Bedouin boy turned in the saddle, tore off the abbe and the mantle that covered him, and clad in the sheepskin coat and desert turban answered:
"I am thy brother Kanana, the coward of the Beni Sads!"