These bodies of attackers who had been pulled inside and butchered, made a glad sight to the Master.

He laughed grimly.
"We're more than even with them, so far," he exulted.

"We've beaten them, so far! The rest will get us, all right enough, but Jannati Shahr will remember the coming of the white men!" The survivors--the Master, Bohannan, "Captain Alden," and Leclair and nine others--were in evil case, as they trailed down the low-roofed chamber lighted with copper lamps.

More than half bore wounds.
Some showed bleeding faces, others limp arms; still others hobbled painfully, leaving bloody trails on the floor of dull gold.

Curses on the Arabs echoed in various tongues.