Rejtő, Jenő: The three musketeers in Africa; Q 19045

23 which the boy joined the Legion. This he did because his father refused to consent to his proposed marriage. Yvonne, his sister, went searching for her vanished brother, using his alias of Barré. He, the general, was the head of a party that came here on a tour of inspection, and was captured and held captive ever since. What's going on at Igori is a gigantic swindle that is a disastrous blow to France. lie surveyed the whole construction work through binoculars before entering Igori and has written everything down in a report which he keeps in a sealed envelope. If only a way could be found of forwarding it to the Marquis de Suranne , the Government Commissioner in Morocco! The thre6 musketeers are ready to attempt an escape and take the letter to Morocco. But, the general warns them, no one must suspect they are carrying the letter: there are accomplices^ more rotten apples in the barrel — and even at the top, in Paris

. The Sultan, with a party of armed soldie rs^ brings Yvonne and Levin to the "maximum security" hut — and Alphonse Nobody now proceeds to give the Sultan a beating he won't forget in a hurry, "just to keep up appearances" and "reinforce his credibility"

. The three friends patch up a makeshift raft, but are surprised by a raiding party of soldiers — led by the Sultan and the Captain. The Sultan in-