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Some of the apartments, especially the bath-room of the monarch, made the visitors think of the Arabian Nights. The great black marble slab on which Akbar sat to administer justice was pointed out. When one of the Jat chiefs seated himself upon it, the story goes, it cracked, and blood flowed from the fracture. Lord Ellenborough tried the experiment, and the stone broke into two pieces.
"It is old Jelbo, the Lumherdar, or head-man of Pind Sharkot, and a very' intelligent man for a villager." The Jat farmer had removed his shoes and stood smiling on the edge of the veranda. His strongly marked features glowed with russet bronze, and his bright eyes gleamed under deeply set brows, contracted by lifelong exposure to sunshine.
'That we believe, snorted the cultivator's wife malignantly. 'Nay, but all who serve the Sirkar with weapons in their hands are, as it were, one brotherhood. There is one brotherhood of the caste, but beyond that again' she looked round timidly 'the bond of the Pulton the Regiment eh? 'My brother is in a Jat regiment, said the cultivator. 'Dogras be good men.
E, without a word, slipped off his turban and shook down his long black hair. 'That is my food priest, the jat growled. 'A buffalo in the temple! Hast thou dared to look even thus far? said Kim. 'I must do mysteries before fools; but have a care for thine eyes. Is there a film before them already?
'The Jat will be here at the light. 'I am well answered. In my haste I would have done a wrong. He sat down on the cushions and returned to his rosary. 'Surely old folk are as children, he said pathetically. 'They desire a matter behold, it must be done at once, or they fret and weep!
The minister could not at first believe in this unhoped-for success, nor was he convinced until the envoy who had recently returned from the Jat camp identified the body by means of his own piece of chintz, which formed its raiment.
Whether the Jat leader had profited by the lesson lately read to his brethren of Bhartpur, or whether he was merely actuated by a desire to try conclusions with the Kashmirian, having penetrated the cowardice of his character, is matter for conjecture. Whatever the intrigue may have been, it was soon frustrated.
They like much better to be pushed or even starved by their own ját. You may not believe it. But I belong to them. So I know." Roy, who also 'belonged' in a measure, very nearly said so but again prudence prevailed. "I'm rash enough to disagree with you," he said placably.
"In time for what?" "Against the regiment's need!" "No use. I want him at once!" said Colonel Kirby. "Then go, sahib! Put out the fire with the sweat that streams from thee! Nay, go, both of you ye have my leave to go! And what is a Sikh risaldar more or less? Nay, go, and let the Jat die!"
Their zeal proved superfluous. Chandranath never reappeared at St Rupert's. Perhaps his people had arrived at Desmond's conclusion, that he was not the right "ját" for an English school. In any case, his disappearance was a relief and Roy promptly forgot all about him. Years later many years later he was to remember.
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