He had his allotted part to
play, and he just played it; and that was all.
Nejoumi looked at him sourly for a moment. He turned to the men who
stood ready to draw away from Feversham the angareb on which he was
placed:--
"To-morrow," said he, "the Kaffir shall go to Omdurman."
Feversham began to feel then that the rope of palm fibre tortured his
wrists.
CHAPTER XXI
ETHNE MAKES ANOTHER SLIP
Mrs. Adair speculated with some uneasiness upon the consequences of the
disclosures which she had made to Durrance. She was in doubt as to the
course which he would take. It seemed possible that he might frankly
tell Ethne of the mistake which he had made. He might admit that he had
discovered the unreality of her affection for him, and the reality of
her love for Feversham; and if he made that admission, however carefully
he tried to conceal her share in his discovery, he would hardly succeed.
She would have to face Ethne, and she dreaded the moment when her
companion's frank eyes would rest quietly upon hers and her lips demand
an explanation. It was consequently a relief to her at first that no
outward change was visible in the relations of Ethne and Durrance.
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