However, Allenbys staunchnesswas aiming to relieve
us. Yet the effort promised so much for us that we went up to Allenby, tobeg his
help with the King.
So, unhesitatingly, we laid the Young scheme aside
and turned to buildup our own. Two dayslater we would fall back east of the Hejaz
Railway and wait events withAllenby.
Joyce also was gladdened and made smooth by the
news of the twothousand camels. I did not call their plans top-heavyand too late: I
threw the onus of change on Allenbys recovery.
Feisal gasped and caught my knee, saying,How? It
was animmense, a regal gift; the gift of unlimited mobility.
Joyce also was gladdened and made smooth by the
news of the twothousand camels.
To strengthen us on our plateau heoffered what
technical equipment we needed. Whereupon I becameexcited only over mechanism.
Ireplied hotly, To put a thousand men into Deraa any day you please. Or was honour
like the Sybils leaves, the more that was lost the moreprecious the little left?
Beside me sat Rahail, peacocking his lusty self in strident clothes.
Incidentally he had furiouslyoverstrained the
Arabs.
Unless we coulddelay the Turks another fortnight,
their threat might cripple us. Thanksto their diplomacy, and to the care of the
British rank and file,nothing untoward happened.
For Youngs transport troubles I had little
sympathy.
In a moment he lay quiet, and we who had
scatteredfrom him ventured near: but he was dead. Or was honour like the Sybils
leaves, the more that was lost the moreprecious the little left? Next morning I was
off to join Feisal in his cool eyrie at Aba elLissan.
Pisani, the French commandant, fortified by a
Military Cross, and inurgent pursuit of a D. Ireplied hotly, To put a thousand men
into Deraa any day you please.
Several times in the day this happened;
butafterwards she seemed to forget.
An accident was meaner than deliberate
fault.
Our raiders must carry their maintenance forthree
weeks.
He began to pick for it thebest four hundred men in
the army.
From Sultani in the north to Jurf in the south,the
damage extended. We went to Wingate, argued it, and convinced himthat the ideas were
good.
Feisal fell in with the proposal, and gave me
letters tohis father advising it.
To ensure their having no casualties, they must
strikeMudowwara with absolute surprise.