Sherif Ali:
[Ali shoots Tafas dead while riding his camel. He stops his camel and jumps down to examine Tafas' body]
He is dead.
T.E. Lawrence:
Yes... why?
Sherif Ali:
This is my well.
[mentioning the well Lawrence and Tafas are resting at]
T.E. Lawrence:
I have drunk from it.
Sherif Ali:
You are welcome.
T.E. Lawrence:
He was my friend.
Sherif Ali:
That?
[mentioning Tafas]
T.E. Lawrence:
Yes, that.
Sherif Ali:
[Ali walks towards peter and grabs Tafas' revolver lying on the sand]
This pistol yours?
T.E. Lawrence:
No, his.
Sherif Ali:
[Ali tucks the revolver into his waist and walks towards the well]
His?
[mentioning the tin cup near the well]
T.E. Lawrence:
Mine.
Sherif Ali:
Then I will use it.
[pulls some water out of well]
Sherif Ali:
... your friend... was a Hazimi of the Beni Salem.
T.E. Lawrence:
I know.
Sherif Ali:
[Ali salutes Lawrence and drinks his water]
I am Ali ibn el Kharish.
T.E. Lawrence:
I have heard of you.
Sherif Ali:
So... What was a Hazimi doing here?
T.E. Lawrence:
He was taking me to help Prince Feisal.
Sherif Ali:
You've been sent from Cairo?
T.E. Lawrence:
Yes.
Sherif Ali:
I have been in Cairo for my schooling. I can both read and write... my Lord Feisal already has an Englishman.
T.E. Lawrence:
Yes.
Sherif Ali:
What is your name?
T.E. Lawrence:
My name is for my friend.
[Ali walks away]
T.E. Lawrence:
None of my friends is a murderer.
Sherif Ali:
You are angry, English.
[Ali climbs his camel]
Sherif Ali:
He was nothing. The well is everything... The Hazimi may not drink at our wells. He knew that... Salaam.
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