| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 19 | 35 | I saw no askaris appearing from the darkness View more quotes about outside">outside. |
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| 19 | 32 | I smiled to myself. |
| 19 | 33 | That, I took it, was his sign to his askaris that I was within the room, his sign to them that they were then to surround it. |
| 19 | 34 | But then I was troubled. |
| 19 | 35 | I saw no askaris appearing from the darkness outside. |
| 19 | 36 | Suddenly I heard a rush of feet. |
| 19 | 37 | Instantly I crouched, dagger drawn, blade up, my left hand, too, ready, in the on-guard position for knife combat. |
| 19 | 38 | But the feet had not approached me. |