No doubt one man could have carried it from its place in the Ka'aba to the nacelle; but in the excitement of battle, and impeded by having to stumble over prostrate Moslems, the major had considered it advisable to ask for help.
"Mineralogically speaking, this is a meteor or a block of volcanic basalt," judged the Master.

"It seems sprinkled with small crystals, with rhombs of tile-red feldspath on a dark background like velvet or charcoal, except for one reddish protuberance of an unknown substance.
A good blow with a hammer would surely break it along the original lines of fracture--and this is well worth knowing and remembering".
"Well, so far so good," he concluded.

"The Air Control Board hasn't got us, yet.

Neither have the Mohammedans.

True, we've lost a number of men, but that was to have been expected.