CHAPTER VIII

LA FEMME DISPOSE Yoluba, the seven-foot Soudanese slave, on sentry-go outside the Guest-tent, heard the murmur of voices rising and falling within. That did not interest him in the least. Nothing interested him greatly, save to get the maximum of food, love, fighting and sleep. And the approbation of his Lord the Sidi el Hamel el Kebir, Commander of the Faithful and Shadow of Heaven. To do this, orders must be obeyed promptly and exactly. Present orders were to prevent the _Franzawi_ Sidi from leaving the Guest-ten…