The Seventh Scroll
“How big are they?" When Nogo put the question to her, the w6man indicated the length of her arm. Von Schiller's disappointment registered clearly in his face.
"So few pieces, and so insignificant." He turned away from the woman and went to stare out of the south-facing window of the hut, down over the escarpment rim into the wilderness of the gorge. "If what this creature says is true, then Harper has not yet discovered the treasure of Mamose. There should be more, much more." Nogo was talking ...rapidly to the woman again, and now he turned back to von Schiller. "She says that one of Harper's party has left the camp in the gorge, and gone to Debra Maryam." Von Schiller spun away from the window and stared at him. "One of his party? Who? Which one!' "She is an Ethiopian woman. The concubine of Mek Nimmur. A woman she calls Woizero Tessay. I know of her. She was married to the Russian hunter, before she became Mek Nimmur's whore." Von Schiller rushed across the room and seized the woman by the front of her robe.MoreLess
"So few pieces, and so insignificant." He turned away from the woman and went to stare out of the south-facing window of the hut, down over the escarpment rim into the wilderness of the gorge. "If what this creature says is true, then Harper has not yet discovered the treasure of Mamose. There should be more, much more." Nogo was talking ...rapidly to the woman again, and now he turned back to von Schiller. "She says that one of Harper's party has left the camp in the gorge, and gone to Debra Maryam." Von Schiller spun away from the window and stared at him. "One of his party? Who? Which one!' "She is an Ethiopian woman. The concubine of Mek Nimmur. A woman she calls Woizero Tessay. I know of her. She was married to the Russian hunter, before she became Mek Nimmur's whore." Von Schiller rushed across the room and seized the woman by the front of her robe.MoreLess
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