Each camel was capable of carrying fivehundred pounds, but in the Mother of Stones desert each man needed twogallons of water every day to stay alive. If this was true she wouldnot support the Dervish jihad in Omdurman, but it was best not to trusther. For minutes the outcome hung in the balance, then the Dervish broke andscattered back behind the shields of their spearmen. Achorus of despairing cries rose from the passengers in the barges asthey began to flood and settle even lower in the water.
There was no thumping sound of abullet strike to encourage him. She musttruly think of him as her friend. Perhaps tomorrow after the relief forcearrives, when we are all safe from the evil Dervish. She placed an arm round his shoulders.
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