Iwasalmostconvincedthatwewereagainsubjectedtothefoulesttreachery，andIwasextremelyanxiousaboutRamadanandHafiz。Icouldhardlybelieveitpossiblethatthesepoormen，unarmed，andcarryingavaluablepresent，wouldbecruellymurdered。
Thedaypassedinhopeandexpectationoftheirreturn。Lateintheevening，theactofincendiarismoftheprecedingnightwasrenewed，andthedesertedhouseofColonelAbd-el-Kaderwasinabrightblazewithoutanativebeingvisible。
Noyellswereheard，noranyothersound。Thetroopsturnedoutwiththeirusualquietdiscipline，butnotashotwasfired。
The13thJunearrived——StilltherewerenotidingsofeitherUmbogo，Ramadan，orHafiz。Inowfeltconvincedthattheyoungvillain，KabbaRega，hadplayedmefalse，andthathewasonlygainingtimetocollectandorganizethewholeforceofUnyorotoattackus，andtolinethepathtotheriverwithambuscades。
ItisimpossibletothisdaytosaywhetherUmbogowastrueorfalse。I