Chapter 20

“You have none of your old doubts, darling, have you?” I asked. She shook her head, then nestled against me. “But I’m afraid of her,” she explained—“desperately afraid of her. She is evil—utterly evil. Where is this place?” “In the Oasis of Khârga.” “What! But that’s miles and miles away in the desert! How ever are you going to get there?” I briefly explained Nayland Smith’s plan; and when Rima understood that he as well as Weymouth and Petrie were coming with the party, she seemed to grow easier in mind. Neverthel…