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I must endure, she told herself, not only for my own sake but forAmber's. I have General Gordon's strict orders to allow no one to pass until Ihave checked their papers. Amber and the gun weresent flying backwards by the recoil and she disappeared under theswirling river waters. Yakub pointed to theright end of the hidden nullah.

An Arab on a tall black camel smashed into them, and before they couldcut him down, he had lanced Hardinge through the belly. How can you tell that? What horse can survive so far from water? When the aggagiers are in hot pursuit of either elephant or men, theyuse both their camels and their horses. As her father had observed, RyderCourtney was a man of accomplishment. Thepain came over her again, pervasive and debilitating, until she nolonger had control of her emotions.