He had foreseen that he would be followed.

If he was to escape, it was indeed necessary that he should be.

He turned a corner, crouched behind a wall, and as the Arab came running by he leaped out upon his shoulders.

And again as he leaped he struck." Captain Willoughby stopped at this point of his story and turned towards Ethne.

He had something to say which perplexed and at the same time impressed him, and he spoke with a desire for an explanation.
"The strangest feature of those few fierce, short minutes," he said, "was that Feversham felt no fear.