Affair in Araby by Talbot Mundy
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nuisance. The most disturbing rumour I have heard was here in Deraa, to
the effect that Feisul sent a letter to Jerusalem calling on all Moslems to rise and massacre the Jews. That does not sound like Feisul, but the French agent in Deraa assured me that he will have the original letter in his hands within a day or two." Grim smiled over at Mabel. "You might show him the letter?" he suggested. So Mabel dug down into the mysteries beneath her shirtwaist and produced the document wrapped in a medical bandage of oiled silk. Hadad unwrapped it, read it carefully, and handed it to Grim. "Are you deceived by that?" he asked. "Does Feisul speak like that, or write like that? Since when has he turned coward that he should sign his name with a number?" "What do you make of it?" asked Grim. "Hah! It is as plain as the ink on the paper. It is intended for use against Feisul, first by making the British suspicious of him, second by providing the French with an excuse to attack him, third by convicting him of treachery, for which he can be jailed or executed after he is caught. What do you propose to do with it, Jimgrim?" "I'm going to show it to Feisul." "Good! I, too, am on my way to see Feisul. Perhaps the two of us together can convince him what is best." |
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