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"And I said, 'Nay, I who have eaten the King's salt cannot do this thing. And the German-log said to me, 'But we will give you both money and land. And I said, 'Wherefore should I do this thing, and bring sorrow and shame upon my people?" It was a Sepoy in the 9th who spake, and his words were exceeding clear as Holy Writ. "And what did they do then?"
From bed to bed passed the magic words, "It is he." Every man uttered a benediction. Many wept tears of joy. A single thought seemed to animate them, and they voiced it in many tongues. "Ah, now we shall smite the German-log exceedingly. We shall fight even as tigers, for Jarj Panjam. The great Sahib has come to lead us in the field. Praised be his exalted name." The Field-Marshal's eyes shone.
"The sahib would like to hear a story?" The speaker is a jemadar of the 59th. "So be it. Know then, sahib, that I and twelve men of my company were cut off by the German-log, and I, even I only, am left. It was in this wise. My comrades advanced too far beyond the trenches, and we lost our way. And the German-log make signs to us to surrender, but it is not our way and we still advance.
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