Re: Cairo II
In reply to John-Marc Falcon (msg # 826):
Skirting the obviously dead man, Cynthia reached the door to the main mosque building, followed by JM. They were met by one of the elders they had talked to earlier about the Girdle. He was covered in dirt and dust, blood streaming from gashes in his head. His fez was lost, djellaba filthy and askew. Dust billowed out of the mosque door.
He cried in Arabic, "We have been betrayed! The traitor Sayyid has given himself to Shaytan!" He stopped just outside the door, coughing.
Behind them Count Bathony's eye was caught by the fallen attacker's weapon just beyond the corpse's outstretched fingers. It was a beautiful ancient scimitar, blade of Damascene steel inscribed with Arabic script with an ornate hilt encrusted with jewels.