Catroux and Teuns Stegmann are standing in the sun, unsure of what to do next. Then, Teuns asks. “Is it your plan to investigate this incident, mon Sergent?”
mon SergentCatroux looks discouraged and stares over the glistening sand. “Investigate? What is there to investigate? Should we investigate the possibility of a woman being involved in this fight? Where will we look, and who will we look for?”
“Do not you think we should be moving toward the Harba oasis, mon Sergent?” Teuns asks. “I have noticed the tracks here had moved in that direction.”
mon Sergent“How many?”
“I would guess there were approximately thirty animals, Sergeant. I think one can assume the ten camels I identified the tracks of, belonged to the caravan. There also seems to be about twenty riders who had attacked the
