Capitaine They take D’Arlan inside an outbuilding, tie his hands behind his back, tie his feet together, and gag him. Next, they roll him up on a carpet and bundle him inside a piece of rough sisal material. Finally, they roll everything up into a dust cloth.
Afterward, they take him to a camel, and he becomes a part of the animal’s cargo, just like his soldiers. He finds himself in a semi-sitting position, and he does not find it too uncomfortable, except for the fact that it is difficult to breathe and extremely hot in this type of cocoon the Arabs have placed him in.
Not long after, the men feel movement. They had all noticed in which direction the camels were facing when they were loaded, and from the movement of the animals, they deduced that they were moving in a southerly directio
