"Afahlehle," the Targa repeated, and shook his head.
Bou-Djema died in the middle of the night without having regained consciousness.
[!-- Chapter 8 --]VII
THE COUNTRY OF FEAR
"It is curious," said Morhange, "to see how our expedition, uneventful since we left Ouargla, is now becoming exciting."
He said this after kneeling for a moment in prayer before the painfully dug grave in which we had lain the guide.
I do not believe in God. But if anything can influence whatever powers there may be, whether of good or of evil, of light or of darkness, it is the prayer of such a man.
For two days we picked our way through a gigantic chaos of black rock in what might have been the country