A vesta flared in the shadows beneath the tamarind tree, and her hearttripped. He gave a quietcommand to the boatman, and they headed back across the river. The intrepidKhalifa Abdullahi laid an ambush for him. Before he reached it there were more shots, a volley, acrackling storm of gunfire.
A row of rifles and muzzle-loading guns stood in arack between the curves of the thick yellow tusks. This time there was no mistaking the starkoutline of Mukran Fort and, beyond it, the consular palace. By noon the next day Lieutenant Stuttaford, still suffering from a vilehangover, found himself packing for im Three days later they came across more elephant tracks.
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