He evidently felt that he was the strongest influence in the room--that all had to yield to him as their superior.
"I confess," he went on, "that my heart began to beat quickly at these words.

Fancy, if you can, the scene.

An Egyptian village, not far removed from some of the great temples of the dead past.

Above our heads waved tall palm trees.

Around was a strange land, and a wild, lawless people.