There was yet another reason why the language
of The Sheik had thus readily eluded her; but of that reason she
herself could not have guessed the truth any better than could the
man.
He tried to persuade her to return with him to his "village" as he
called it, or douar, in Arabic; but she was insistent upon searching
immediately for Korak. As a last resort he determined to take
her with him by force rather than sacrifice her life to the insane
hallucination which haunted her; but, being a wise man, he determined
to humor her first and then attempt to lead her as he would have
her go. So when they took up their march it was in the direction
of the south, though his own ranch lay almost due east.
By degrees he turned the direction of their way more and more
eastward, and greatly was he pleased to note that the girl failed
to discover that any change was being made. Little by little she
became more trusting. At first she had had but her intuition to
guide her belief that this big Tarmangani meant her no harm, but
as the days passed and she saw that his kindness and consideration
never faltered she came to compare him with Korak, and to be very
fond of him; but never did her loyalty to her apeman flag.
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