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IN DESERT AND WILDERNESS
"I did not want to kill you—only the camels," he said through his set teeth.
But this information so startled the Arabs that they undoubtedly would have again rushed at Stas were it not for Saba's flaming eyes and bristling hair. Gebhr even started to dash towards him, but one hollow growl riveted him to the spot.
A moment of silence followed, after which Idris' loud voice resounded:
"To the road! To the road!"
