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"That is the most awful part of it. Of all creatures I have ever known, I may as well say of all people I have ever known, he has the most splendid courage. One night in every week he is taken to Bhanah's own quarters, so that his master shall not be disturbed. The change seemed to relieve him, at first.
Give me permission and I will call him." Skag looked into Bhanah's eyes, finding the ancient friendship there; then he said only one word: "Hurry!" Bhanah leaped away across the lawn and Skag turned to stand by Carlin's side. The silence seemed absolute now; the whiteness absolute. He remembered that she had gone down into shadows. He bent his head toward her breast and looked down.
There was a quick turn of his eye for a weapon, even as he heard a deep tone from Carlin something immortal in the resonance: ". . . You might save me . . . but, don't you see I want you more!" A lakri of Bhanah's leaned against the playhouse at the side towards the road. The cobra had lifted himself erect upon his tail almost to the level of Skag's eyes, hood spread.
Only Bhanah's voice showed feeling as he finished. "So that's what I interfered with; and that's why he let the dog be given to me." "It is straightly spoken. But the Sahib will not hold Nels less, for courage or for power? There is not one to equal him." "Bhanah, we'll put that hope into Nels, against when he hears a hyena."
"They live because they have not met a cheetah." "How does Nels do it?" "My master must look upon that, to understand. I have seen, but I cannot show it. It " and a rare smile lighted the dark shadows of Bhanah's face, "is soon." "I've heard the Indian princes use them for hunting." "Yes, Sahib, many Indian princes keep hunting cheetahs as English Sahibs keep hunting horses.
Skag never ceased to delight in the silence and self-control of the Dane. The dog rippled and thrilled with all the fundamental elements of friendship and fidelity, but his big body seemed able to contain them with a dignity that endeared him to the one who understood. Bhanah's work in the training of this fellow was nothing short of consummate art.
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