. South of Suez. Kwa Heri MY boy came in breathlessly to announcethat the M. T. had sent a car for me,and it was waiting with my bags already was no longer any excuse for , feeling ashamed at the sight of the ill-con-cealed envy in my companions faces as they roseto bid me farewell, I said ^^Kwa heriT all around,and left abruptly, leaving much unsaid that Ishould have liked my old comrades to under-stand. They were a pathetic group standing atthe head of the cement stairway, just out of theglaring sun, looking after me with brooding ex-pressions. The guard was mounting
. South of Suez. Kwa Heri MY boy came in breathlessly to announcethat the M. T. had sent a car for me,and it was waiting with my bags already was no longer any excuse for , feeling ashamed at the sight of the ill-con-cealed envy in my companions faces as they roseto bid me farewell, I said ^^Kwa heriT all around,and left abruptly, leaving much unsaid that Ishould have liked my old comrades to under-stand. They were a pathetic group standing atthe head of the cement stairway, just out of theglaring sun, looking after me with brooding ex-pressions. The guard was mounting as I entered thebarrack square. The askaris were rigidly at at-tention. The order Fix! was snapped, andthe polished steel flashed overhead in the sun-light. I slipped into the shadows of the longveranda, skirting the square, intending to makethe gateway and pass, observed only by thequarter-guard. [ 235 ] SOUTH OF SUEZ Baynets! The weapons rattled briskly; the soldierssnapped rigidly back to attention and awaited
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