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? ? ? ? "Well?" he asked, tentatively.

? ? ? ? The Arab came directly to the point.

? ? ? ? "Achmet ben Houdin is my sister's son," he said. "If you will give him into my keeping I will see that he sins no more against the laws of the French."

? ? ? ? Jacot shook his head. "That cannot be," he replied. "I must take him back with me. He will be properly and fairly tried by a civil court. If he is innocent he will be released."

? ? ? ? "And if he is not innocent?" asked the Arab.

? ? ? ? "He is charged with many murders. For any one of these, if he is proved guilty, he will have to die."

? ? ? ? The Arab's left hand was hidden beneath his burnous. Now he withdrew it disclosing a large goatskin purse, bulging and heavy with coins.


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