When he saw me coming up the officer said, 'We've lost that information, [dang] it! They've killed that Arab of yours.'
'We've lost it,' I said.
I went over to Abdul-Karim's body and turned it over. He looked as though he had seen me swimming in the pool a few moments ago. His was not the expression of a man who had lost.
There, in the courtyard, it was I, all of us, who were the losers.
After reading this, the reader can most likely conclude that the narrator is upset because
he knows Abdul-Karim was hiding secrets.
he realizes Abdul-Karim was never his friend.
he understands that Abdul-Karim did not fear death.
he regrets his involvement in the sudden turn of events.