“Did you know he was going to escape, Capitaine?”
Capitaine“I knew nothing about it,” D’Arlan answers.
The Arab’s eyes are narrow and menacing as he glares at D’Arlan.
“You have put him up to this, Capitaine!”
Capitaine“No, I did not,” D’Arlan says calmly. “Maybe the Touaregs had abducted him. Who can say?”
“I am not a child, Capitaine. The Touaregs left so quickly that there would not have been any chance for them to take someone along.”
Capitaine. “However it may be Hoessein, this has to be a huge setback for you because the South African is the only one who knows where the Sabre of Dutra has been hidden,” D’Arlan says this with a faint smile in his eyes, a challenging and a brave smile. It seems as if the deep brown face of the Arab is becoming greyer and paler.
“He is not the on
