[Affair in Araby by Talbot Mundy]@TWC D-Link bookAffair in Araby CHAPTER XIV 6/39
How about you, Hadad? How far would you go to save Feisul from this Waterloo ?" "I would go a long way," he answered cautiously.
"What do you intend ?" "To appear near the firing-line, for one thing, with somebody who looks like Colonel Lawrence, and somebody else who looks enough like Feisul in one of Feisul's cars, and give the French a run for it in one direction while Feisul escapes in the other." "Wallahi! But what if Feisul won't go ?" "He'll get helped! Did you ever hear what they did to Napoleon at Waterloo? Seized his bridle and galloped away with him." "You mean I'm to act Lawrence again ?" asked Mabel, looking deathly white. Grim nodded. "Who's cast for Feisul ?" Jeremy inquired. "You are.
You're the only trained stage-actor in the bunch.
You're his height--not unlike his figure--" "I resemble him as much as a kangaroo looks like an ostrich!" laughed Jeremy.
"You're talking wild, Jim.
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