“But what about his beautiful woman?” Feisan wants to know. “I am a man of my word. If you do not vacate the fort, the mademoiselle will die. That fact stays the same.”
mademoiselle “Captain Lefevre is brave enough to offer up his daughter for the sake of his duty.”
Rubbing his beard, the sheik says. “I wonder… Apparently, you do not know the French officers as well as I do. They do not change their minds so quickly.” He belches, sticks out his hand, and takes a couple of dates from the silver bowl beside him. He starts eating them, lost in thought.
“You are still a child, Legion soldier, or otherwise completely clueless after leaving the fort. Something happened. Captain Lefevre wanted to honor my request, but in the meanwhile, something strange happened. I am quite sure of it now.”
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