"This is only part way.

You, who found it easier to crush the smaller first, tell me why the aeroplanes should not come first to Petra!" _"Wallahi!_ I wish I had aeroplanes!" "But you haven't.

Choose now: Will you make that bargain with me, or shall I go straight back from here to Palestine and make my report to the administrator?
Never doubt that I can get back; I know where your men are, and I know the desert trails as well as you do.

You and your few men that you have here and the women might attack us in the Wady Musa,* but I would prevent that by taking you and Jael with me until we reached the open." -- -------- * The name of the valley that leads into Petra -- -------- "You talk boldly," the Lion sneered.

"If you think you can take us with you that far then why not to Jerusalem?
The words of a boaster are a mask of doubt.