It is not for me to question his commands, or his wisdom.

But I may not give him cause for anger.
"My advice to you is, when you get to Berber, do not stay there.

We shall assuredly be there before long, and as none would know that you were under my protection, you would be slain.

Go straight to Abu Hamed; and when you hear that we have defeated the infidels, and have entered Berber, leave by this road they have made, upon which, as they tell me, carriages run without horses, and stay not until you reach Cairo.
"There you can live quietly, until you hear that the Khalifa's army is approaching.

After that, fly.