The black Sudanese troops who would fight aswillingly for the infidel as they had for the Dervish were recruitedinto the sirdar's army. Yakub bin Affar! he said, andthe bitter hatred of the blood feud roughened his voice. He proffered the grey pigeon he held gently against hisbreast. He felt his nerves tingle as, first, Yakub and then al-Saada slippedover into the nullah below him.
Osman Atalan rose in his stirrups and pointedthe blade of his broadsword at the band of marching men, so tiny andinsignificant on the stony grey plain. declared that the tai* had recentlycomplained of something sticking in its throat and preventing it fromeating. They weredesigned to comfort the populace of the city and to bolster their willto resist. That's not fair, Saffy.
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