17/29 And then you come whom I greatly value, and you say quietly, 'Will you please spoil my career too ?'" And she struck one hand sharply into the other and cried, "But that I will not do." And again he answered:-- "There is no need that you should. Wadi Halfa is not the only place where a soldier can find work to his hand." His voice had taken a new hopefulness. For he had listened intently to the words which she had spoken, and he had construed them by the dictionary of his desires. |