Noureddin Ali looked more likely to go out and be ruthless.
"So they all say!" Grim retorted.
"Some one should forewarn them in Damascus what a deed will occur here presently.

Above all, word should reach Mustapha Kemal, in Anatolia, as soon as possible, so that he may be ready to act." "All day long," said Grim, "I have wandered about Jerusalem, listening to this and that rumour of something that may happen.
But I have not found one man who can tell me a fact." "That is because you did not meet me.

I am--hee-hee! I am the father of facts.

You say you leave for Damascus at dawn?
You are positive?
I could tell you facts that would put a sudden end to my career if they were spread about Jerusalem!" "That is the usual boast of men who desire credit in the eyes of the Nationalist Party," Grim retorted.
"I see you are skeptical.

That is a wise man's attitude, but I must be cautious, for my life is at stake.