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? ? ? ? "Well?" he said to the old chief.

? ? ? ? "Is she not both young and good looking?" asked Kovudoo.

? ? ? ? "She is not old," replied Malbihn; "but even so she will be a burden. We did not come from the north after wives--there are more than enough there for us."

? ? ? ? Meriem stood looking straight at the white men. She expected nothing from them--they were to her as much enemies as the black men. She hated and feared them all. Malbihn spoke to her in Arabic.

? ? ? ? "We are friends," he said. "Would you like to have us take you away from here?"

? ? ? ? Slowly and dimly as though from a great distance recollection of the once familiar tongue returned to her.

? ? ? ? "I should like to go free," she said, "and go back to Korak."

? ? ? ? "You would like to go with us?" persisted Malbihn.

? ? ? ? "No," said Meriem.

? ? ? ? Malbihn turned to Kovudoo.


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