They said, "Wait, just be patient, and all of you will be rich!" But what do they want from us, and what does it concern them if we get rich or stay just as we are? Watch their eyes , watch what they do and say. They're devils, no one can trust them.
... the discussions that lasted from sundown until after supper and the writing that followed, the damned questions they asked about dialects, about tribes and their disputes, about religion and sects, about the routes, the winds and the rainy seasons - all these caused Miteb's fear to grow by day that they meant harm to the wadi and the people.
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