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her. As he knows me."
"So the Grandee will betray his pledge," Mahound says.
"Who knows?" scoffs Hind. "He doesn't even know himself. He has to work out the odds. Weak, as I told you. But you know I'm telling the truth. Between Allah and the Three there can be no peace. I don't want it. I want the fight. To the death; that is the kind of idea I am. What kind are you?"
"You are sand and I am water," Mahound says. "Water washes sand away."
"And the desert soaks up water," Hind answers him. "Look around you."
Soon after his departure the wounded men arrive at the Grandee's palace, having screwed up their courage to inform Hind that old Hamza has killed her brothers. But by then the Messenger is nowhere to be found; is heading, once again, slowly towards Mount Cone. In comparison, ancient Taoism says retreat to nature and Buddhism says withdraw completely from society - both these points of view are suspect if Happiness is your goal.
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