Osman went to the Mahdi and placed the sack before him. The men shouldered their weapons, picked up their deadand the square moved forward yet again. In thesame movement Penrod stepped across to the other leg, reversed hisblade and cut again. Jock cracked the skull of the first man who tried to board andhe fell into the narrow strip of water between the ship and the stonewharf, then disappeared beneath the surface.
They did not speak again until they had crossed the canal into thecity. Except that the man who stood at the oppositeend of the yard now ruled her destiny. You'll have to do the donkey work,skipper. Take my Abd to his cell, but have him ready at dawn.
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