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10 Achmet Zek Sees the Jewels
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Mugambi, weak and suffering, had dragged his painful way along the trail of the retreating raiders. He could move but slowly, resting often; but savage2 hatred3 and an equally savage desire for vengeance4 kept him to his task. As the days passed his wounds healed and his strength returned, until at last his giant frame had regained5 all of its former mighty6 powers. Now he went more rapidly; but the mounted Arabs had covered a great distance while the wounded black had been painfully crawling after them.
They had reached their fortified7 camp, and there Achmet Zek awaited the return of his lieutenant8, Albert Werper. During the long, rough journey, Jane Clayton had suffered more in anticipation9 of her impending10 fate than from the hardships of the road.
Achmet Zek had not deigned11 to acquaint her with his intentions regarding her future. She prayed that she had been captured in the hope of ransom12, for if such should prove the case, no great harm would befall her at the hands of the Arabs; but there was the chance, the horrid13 chance, that another fate awaited her. She had heard of many women, among whom were white women, who had been sold by outlaws
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outlaws
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歹徒,亡命之徒( outlaw的名词复数 ); 逃犯 | |
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growth; economy; management; and customer satisfaction 增长 | |
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