But the only God I serve is Allah, and in his name I swear that I will do everything possible once again to win out over the desert.
But I want each and every one of you to swear by the God you believe in
that you will follow my orders no matter what. In the desert, disobedience means death.”
There was a murmur from the crowd. Each was swearing quietly to his or her own God.
The boy swore to Jesus Christ. The Englishman said nothing. And the murmur lasted longer than a simple vow would have.
The people were also praying to heaven for protection. A long note was sounded on a bugle, and everyone mounted up.
The boy and the Englishman had bought camels, and climbed uncertainly onto their backs.
The boy felt sorry for the Englishman’s camel, loaded down as he was with the cases of books.
“There’s no such thing as coincidence,” said the Englishman, picking up the conversation where it had been interrupted in the warehouse.
I’m here because a friend of mine heard of an Arab who…But the caravan began to move,
and it was impossible to hear what the Englishman was saying.
The boy knew what he was about to describe, though: the mysterious chain that links one thing to another,
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