We have done over forty miles." "We are safe for the present, my lord.

It all depends whether or not they think you are a spy.

If they come to that conclusion, they will send at once to Abu Klea; and if a strong body is stationed there, they may have sent a party on to Gakdul, or even to El Howeyat, for they will feel sure that we shall make for one of the wells." "How much water have you got in the bags ?" Zaki examined them.
"Enough for ourselves for five or six days; but only enough for two drinks each, for the horses and for ourselves, for a couple of days." "That is bad.

If we had had any idea of coming away so soon, we would have filled the large bags yesterday.

I had intended to send down the horses in the morning, therefore left them only half full, and they must have leaked a good deal to get so low.