Glancing round, he could not see white dresses in the darkness.

Turning sharply off, he recrossed the crest of the hill and, keeping close to it, continued his flight until well past the end of the camp.
The alarm had by this time spread everywhere, and a wild medley of shouts rose throughout the whole area of the encampment.

He turned now, and made for the spot where he had left Zaki and the horses.

In five minutes he reached it.
"Is that you, my lord ?" Zaki asked, as he came up.
"Yes, we must fly at once! I was discovered, and had to kill--or at least badly wound--a sheik, and they are searching for me everywhere." "I have saddled the horses, and put the water skins on them." "That is well done, Zaki.

Let us mount and be off, at once.