"You know what you've got to do, brothers?"
"We know," the men answered.
"The future of Egypt, perhaps of the East, may depend upon what you tell me—you will tell me the truth?"
"We will tell you the truth, Colonel."
"If the man we are going to see should be condemned on your report and on my denunciation you may suffer at the hands of his followers. Protect you as I please, you may be discovered, followed, tracked down—you have no fear of the consequences?"
"We have no fear, sir."
"You are prepared to follow me into any danger?"
"Into any danger."
"To death if need be?"
"To death if need be, brother."