Syria has been undermined by propaganda and corruption.
Let Feisul go to British territory and thence to Europe, where his
friends may have a chance to work for him. The British will give him
Mesopotamia, and after that it will be up to us Arabs to prove we are a
nation. That is my argument. Are we agreed?"
"If that's your plan, Hadad, I'm with you!" Grim answered.
"Then I also am with you! Let us shake hands."
"Shwai shwai!" (Go slow!) said Grim. "Better join up with me in
Damascus. There are six men in the car ahead who'll try to murder us
all presently. They've got a letter that they think is that one. The
minute they find out we've fooled them there'll be ructions."
"I am good at ructions!" Hadad answered.
"My friend Narayan Singh is forward watching them," said Grim. "What
they'll probably try when they make the discovery will be to have the
lot of us arrested at some wayside station. I propose to forestall
them."
"I am good at forestalling!" said Hadad.
"Then don't you forestall me!" laughed Jeremy. "The fellow with a face
like a pig's stern is Yussuf Dakmar, and he's my special preserve."
"I am a good Moslem.
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