[The Lion of Petra by Talbot Mundy]@TWC D-Link bookThe Lion of Petra CHAPTER X 1/39
"There's No Room for the Two of You!" Of course, no committee in the world ever yet did more than cloud an issue with argument.
It takes one man to lead the way through any set of circumstances, and the only wise course for a committee is to make that man's decision unanimous and back it loyally.
But men have their rights, as Grim is always the first to admit. Ali Baba came and joined us on the cliff-top, and Narayan Singh was not long following suit.
The Sikh said nothing, but Ali Baba was conscious of the weight that years should give to his opinion, as well as justly proud of his night's work, and not at all disposed to sit in silence. "Now the right course, Jimgrim, is to make a great circuit and carry these two women back across the British border," he began at once.
"The Lion of Petra will then pay us all large sums of money, without which you will refuse to intercede with the government on his behalf for their return.
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