"You are Captain Jack Baird Windrush." Gulbaz lifted his hook.
"You are Gulbaz Khan." Jack tried to show no fear, although he knew his life with Gulbaz was likely to be short and agonising.
Gulbaz"s stare did not falter. "You blew up my watchtower."
"Your men tried to kill me."
"It seems that they failed," Gulbaz said.
"Yes." There was little else that Jack could say. He saw Gulbaz"s men clustering around, some looking curiously at him as they fingered their weapons, others watering the horses or talking to the Mujahidin who had brought him this far.
Jack grunted as one of Gulbaz"s followers strode up to him. "Zaman! So you made your choice." He injected venom into his words.
"I did, Windrush sahib." Zaman stood at attention out of pure habit. "I had a choice to remain with the Guid
