"[found Said, buried in desert sand up to his neck] Have you been settled for a long time? I'm lucky in these matters. I made a vow to myself in the hospital: I'll get resigned and go straight home, no more adventures. I dug up two of them - all right. But the third... I pulled him out, and he grabbed me by the throat; it turned out to be a bandit. That's the story. His own people buried him. Me barely fought him off. Now I'll dig you up... and good luck."