The British will double the guards afterward at all the city gates, and that will be the end of it; except that some of you, who perhaps may escape being thrown into jail, will apply to Mustapha Kemal for high commissions in his army on the strength of it! Great doings! Mustapha Kemal will have no bastinadoed." "Hee-hee! You are going to be surprised.

What would you say to an explosion, for instance, that destroyed the Dome of the Rock ?" "That might accomplish results." "Hee-hee! You admit it! An explosion to be blamed on the Zionists, who must afterward be protected by the British from the mob! Would that not set India on fire ?" "It might help.

But who is to do it ?" "You see the doer before you! I will do it." "If I thought such a thing was really going to take place--" "You would think that news worth carrying, eh?
You would hurry to Damascus, wouldn't you?
And let me assure you, my dear captain, speed is essential.

There are reasons why the explosion has not yet occurred--reasons of detail and difficulties to be overcome.

But now there is little further prospect of delay.
Everything is nearly ready.