As the steamers drifted in towards the opposite bank, and out ofrifle range, many riders gave up the chase and turned back towardsOmdurman. I must endure, she told herself, not only for my own sake but forAmber's. The emir hadchased him as he carried the wounded Adams out of the broken square,just as the Dervish charge overwhelmed it. I can see that.
Confiscated lands also formed a not unimportant part of the Court'sestates. She went back downstairs, and stole out of the palace. These men were hiscomrades, the flowering of the finest army on earth. I sold him a gold inlaid dagger, and he bargainedshrewdly.
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