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The Rajputs looked at him curiously, but no one spoke. The Colonel's eyes were fixed upon Sunni's face. He made one or two efforts to speak that did not succeed. Then 'And this is the baby, he said. 'Hazur, ha! replied Tooni, 'Sonny Sahib hai! 'Your Honour, yes. It is Sonny Sahib. The Colonel looked at Sunni an instant longer, and the boy smiled into his face.
But he woke to hear the tread of his sentry muffled by new-fallen snow; and hope died in him at the sound. Outside, the world was white with it; the whole air thick with it; yet his men were striking camp and loading up, confident in the white man's reputation for achieving the impossible. Only the little guide demurred, trembling at his own audacity. "Hazúr, look whether the thing can be done.
'Sonny Sahib! quavered the old woman hoarsely, 'what have I to give you? Dil kushi, I have nothing. 'Heart's delight. 'What from fear you have never given up, nor burnt, nor thrown away, said Sunni, firmly; 'what you said false words to ee-Wobbis about, when you told him it had been stolen from you. My little black book, with my God in it. 'Hazur! I have it not. 'Give it to me, said Sunni.
Vainly protesting, he was made to change every garment; was installed by the fire, with steaming brandy-and-water at his elbow, and lemons and sugar and letters ... quite a little pile of them. "Belaiti dák, Hazúr," Azim Khan superfluously informed him, with an air of personal pride in the whole bundobast including the timely arrival of the English mail.
I was once more dragged out into the open by the Lamas and soldiers. Some discussion followed as to who should keep the key of my handcuffs, and eventually it was handed over to one of the officers, who mounted his pony and rode away at a great speed in the direction of Lhassa. Just then I heard the voice of Chanden Sing calling to me in a weak, agonized tone: "Hazur, hazur, hum murgiaega!"
But the Khan, indicating with a sweep of his arm the limitless time at their disposal, declared that a matter so trifling could very well wait till the Presence and the officer Sahibs had refreshed themselves. "It is well known among our people, Hazúr," he concluded, "that your Honour regardeth not food or rest when work remaineth to be done.
His never-failing good-humor and his earnest desire to learn and to be useful were quite refreshing. My luck seemed to have turned. A few minutes later Chanden Sing, quite unaware that any one had undertaken to accompany me, entered the tent, and exclaimed, in a disgusted manner: "Shoka crab, sahib! Hunya log bura crab. Hazur, hum, do admi jaldi Lhassa giao." The Hunyas are very bad.
'We are to go without, beyond the walls, to the ghat? she asked in her own tongue. 'Yes, said the doctor, 'in two hours. I have spoken. 'Hazur! the Nana Sahib 'Honoured one. 'The Nana Sahib has written it. Bus! the doctor replied impatiently. Put the memsahib into her clothes. Pack everything there is, and hasten. Do you understand, foolish one? 'Enough.
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