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But some deep instinct made him linger. The rest of the men were too exhausted to move on. Penrod lifted her to her feet. It was always unlikely that the rich andfertile delta, with its enervating climate, would produce warriors.

Beside him rode al-Noor. Ryder watched her cross the room, asdid almost everybody else. He was unaccustomed to being addressed in thatfashion. He is the prisoner of the emir.