So the Mahdi's jihad did not end at Khartoum, Penrod realized. 'I have not seen Yakub since the day I was captured in Omdurman. Why aren't you helping Amber in thegreen-cake kitchens? he asked, as they came to the last cages. He drewthe revolver and aimed it at Ryder.
Thenthey rose again as the men coming up behind the fallen lifted them highand charged forward. Takenouchi's counsels could not be immediately followed. He booked passage for himself andthe twins on board the SS Singapore, sailing via Suez and Alexandriafor Southampton in six weeks' time. Said Mahtoum, one of the few emirs who had not yet gone over to theDervish, had agreed a price with Ryder to bring his camels close in tothe city, just out of sight of it behind a low, rocky ridge.
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