Chapter 8D’Arlan does not invite the old Arab to sit down. He looks sharply at his unexpected guest, looks through him, to try and establish what funny business is going on now. Suddenly D’Arlan feels very tired. There have been crisis upon crisis in the last couple of days, and it is becoming too much to bear. He cannot remember when last he had had a good night’s rest. He cannot stand to look at another Arab anymore. Just the sight of an Arab’s face, is enough to make him furious.
“What is the reason for your visit?” he asks sarcastically of the old Arab.
The old man glances at the chair, but still D’Arlan does not ask him to sit. D’Arlan sits down himself, knowing very well that this is no ordinary man. He is a sheik, because he is wearing the clothes of royalty. A long, silver-plated
