Osman gestured with his right hand, and they went forward, the horsesstepping warily as though they expected a cobra to rear up under theirhoofs. And aman like Ryder Courtney would never molest her. Hecrossed to the workshop and looked in at the door. Like a great wave building up beyond the surf, theylined up again along the foot of the hills, facing the square.
She clung to him with both thin arms round his neck. He turned aside to examine a string of camels that was being offeredfor sale, but from the corner of his eye he watched her go. They are of thefamily who drove me out of my tribe, and made me an outcast. He is harmless.
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