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other policeman also disarmed. Sina climbed
over the barricade, and, in the midst of a queer
silence, went and collected the weapons. Then he
returned and the two parties looked at each other
undecidedly. Suddenly the first gendarme turned
round and hastened down the Sharia el Ghoraib.
His companion trudged stolidly after him. Falih’s
lawyer, after a moment of hesitation, followed
suit, his gang behind him in straggling retreat.
The young Greeks at the barricade avoided each
others’ eyes and beat their hands together in the chill
morning air. Somewhere a cock began to crow
shrilly.
At ten o’clock a policeman came down the sharia,
surveyed the barricade and its defenders, and then
retired. Kolocrotoni brought Rhizos a cup of
coffee, and while the latter drank it, himself mounted
to the highest point of the defences and watched.
Suddenly he drew a breath like a long sigh.
‘ Here they come.’
XVI
How far those thirteen young Greeks had
imagined the affair would go it is impossible to say.
In the subsequent enquiry the police affirmed that
the Greeks fired the first shot. There can, at least,
be little doubt that the police at the beginning made
no attempt to shoot. The squad of twenty men
marched to within ten yards or so of the barricade,
and Rhizos called them to halt. For answer the
other policeman also disarmed. Sina climbed
over the barricade, and, in the midst of a queer
silence, went and collected the weapons. Then he
returned and the two parties looked at each other
undecidedly. Suddenly the first gendarme turned
round and hastened down the Sharia el Ghoraib.
His companion trudged stolidly after him. Falih’s
lawyer, after a moment of hesitation, followed
suit, his gang behind him in straggling retreat.
The young Greeks at the barricade avoided each
others’ eyes and beat their hands together in the chill
morning air. Somewhere a cock began to crow
shrilly.
At ten o’clock a policeman came down the sharia,
surveyed the barricade and its defenders, and then
retired. Kolocrotoni brought Rhizos a cup of
coffee, and while the latter drank it, himself mounted
to the highest point of the defences and watched.
Suddenly he drew a breath like a long sigh.
‘ Here they come.’
XVI
How far those thirteen young Greeks had
imagined the affair would go it is impossible to say.
In the subsequent enquiry the police affirmed that
the Greeks fired the first shot. There can, at least,
be little doubt that the police at the beginning made
no attempt to shoot. The squad of twenty men
marched to within ten yards or so of the barricade,
and Rhizos called them to halt. For answer the
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| The books of Lewis Grassic Gibbon > Persian dawns, Egyptian nights > (257) |
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| Description | J. Leslie Mitchell ; with a foreword by J.D. Beresford. |
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| Shelfmark | Vts.148.d.8 |
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| Description | Sixteen books written by Lewis Grassic Gibbon (1901-1935), regarded as the most important Scottish prose writer of the early 20th century. All were published in the last seven years of his life, mostly under his real name, James Leslie Mitchell. They include two works of science fiction, non-fiction works on exploration, short stories set in Egypt, a novel about Spartacus, and the classic 'Scots Quair' trilogy which includes 'Sunset Song'. Mitchell's first book 'Hanno, or the future of exploration' (1928) is rare and has never been republished. |
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