Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph (The Authorized Doubleday/Doran Edition)

by T.E. Lawrence

We had still a reserve bag of thirty pounds of gelatine, and Ali ibn el Hussein who had heard of the performances below Maan, and was as Arab as any Arab, said, ‘Let’s blow up a train’. The word was hailed with universal joy, and they looked at me: but I was not able to share their hopes, all at once.