"My men told me you were dead." Major Kerr seemed angry that Jack proved his men to be wrong.
"I"m not." Jack could see Hassan staring at him as if he had risen from the grave. "I must see General Chamberlain."
Kerr touched him with a thick forefinger. "You are a hard man to kill, Windrush. I"ve never heard of a man being escorted to safety by a Ghazi before."
Jack grinned. "That was Batoor Khan. My one-time host."
"I see," Kerr grunted. "You lead an interesting life, Jack, I"ll grant you that. Come on, and we"ll see what the general makes of all this."
Chamberlain shook his head as Jack repeated what Akhund had told him. "Fifteen thousand men to my six thousand, and more coming. This Akhund; is he a military leader, would you say, Windrush?"
Jack shook his head. "I would say that th
