All six would come on you in the dark and would kill you surely.

Then, as if that were not bad enough, having searched you they would learn that the letter in your possession is not the right one; and the trail of the right one would be that much easier to detect." "Then come with me," said I, "and we'll make a night of it together.
You and I can defend ourselves against those six." "Doubtless, sahib.

But my place is within hail of Jimgrim.

No, it is best that you see this matter through tonight between four walls.

Only remember, sahib, that though a man on duty may feign sleep, it is wiser not to, because sleep steals on us unawares!" So I returned to the bedroom where Grim and Jeremy were snoring a halleluja chorus; but Yussuf Dakmar hadn't returned yet.