The Vocabulary was rich and interesting. Is what I think it is.
Matchlocks were primed, cartridges rammed home, and swords loosened in their sheaths. Was it the Tuaregs again across our path? But Mohammed, the keen-eyed, shouted joyfully— “The oasis, the oasis! I see the palm-trees.”
this would be the answer because of the way that they are over joyed when they find the Oasis.
Answer:
a.) He saw beauty in the flaws as well as the perfections in the country and its people.
it isn't letting me submit my answer so i will comment on this answer.
because she doesn't think of Paris fondly and doesn't want to marry him. She wants to tell her mother this but doesn't want to disappoint her. She tells her mother that she will keep an open mind about Paris while at the party.