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Title: Jimgrim and Allah's Peace
Author: Talbot Mundy
Release Date: February 28, 2004 [EBook #11357]
Language: English
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JIMGRIM AND ALLAH'S PEACE
by Talbot Mundy
To Jimgrim: whose real name, rank, and military distinctions, I promised never to make public.
Contents
I. "Look for a man named Grim." II. "No objection; Only a stipulation." III. "Do whatever the leader of the escort tells you." IV. "I am willing to use all means--all methods." V. "D'you mind if I use you?" VI. "That man will repay study." VII. "Who gives orders to me?" VIII. "He will say next that it was he who set the stars in the sky over El-Kerak, and makes the moon rise!" IX. "Feet downwards, too afraid to yell"-- X. "Money doesn't weigh much!" XI. "And the rest of the acts of Ahaziah--" XII. "You know you'll get scuppered if you're found out!" XIII. "You may now be unsafe and an outlaw and enjoy yourself!" XIV. "Windy bellies without hearts in them." XV. "I'll have nothing to do with it!" XVI. "The enemy is nearly always useful if you leave him free to make mistakes." XVII. "Poor old Scharnhoff's in the soup." XVIII. "But we're ready for them." XIX. "Dead or Alive, S