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I expect that , as soon as the Nile falls , they will make a temporary bridge across the Atbara . '' It was six in the morning , when the steamer arrived at Abu Hamed . Gregory at once landed , paid his four men , went up to the little station ; and , an hour later , was on his way to Atbara Fort . He had but two hours to wait there , and reached Omdurman at three o'clock , on the following afternoon . As he landed , he met an officer he knew . `` Is there any news ? '' he asked .