Just beyond that little mosque at the end of theroad. In a whisper Yakub was trying to tell him something thathe seemed to think was of prime importance. If Penrod wasnot an equal in rank, at least he was an officer of a first-lineBritish regiment, and as such was worth a dhow full of Egyptian staffofficers. As for thethird, its exercise is to-day limited to the office of the hereditarynobility, the Constitution having replaced the Crown in otherrespects.
He must not think that it is. You see, most of the great generals of all the agesfrom Alexander to Wellington have written of their campaigns. If heaccepted food and salt from Osman's hand it would constitute a pactbetween them. His expression was grim.
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