“I felt the blood and salt in the split shreds of the leather wrappings on my legs. I took care not to move the manacles and chain. I felt a key inserted in the lock of the slave hood. To my surprise it was thrust up, and jerked from my head. I cried out in sudden pain, the unbelievable white light, hot, fierce, universal, merciless, shuddering in the scalding air of the encircling, blazing crusts, from horizon to horizon, exploding, stabbing, searing like irons at my face and eyes. "I'm blin...d," cried a man. "I'm blind!" Kaiila moved along the line. It would be long minutes before we could see. We heard chains being looped and gathered. More kaiila passed me. My limbs felt weak, and ached. I was dizzy. I could scarcely move. I could scarcely stand. "Take salt," said a voice. It was Hassan! "You live!" I cried. "Take salt," he said. He fell to his knees, and thrust his face into the salt. He bit at the crusts. He licked crystals from them. I followed his example.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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