He wondered at the presence of these raiders, for this country lay far to the south of the districts usually frequented by the Moslems. But avarice c… - Robert E. Howard

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He wondered at the presence of these raiders, for this country lay far to the south of the districts usually frequented by the Moslems. But avarice can drive men far, as the Englishmen knew. He had dealt with these gentry of old. Even as he watched, old scars burned in his back—scars made by Moslem whips in a Turkish galley. And deeper still burned Kane's unquenchable hate.