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I shall tell my father to have it stopped. Presently the bugles stopped of themselves, and Moti forgot about them, but the brightness did not go out of Sunni's face, and all day long he went about humming the air of 'Weel may the keel row, with such variations as might be expected.
'Pris'ner were about ten yards off, sir, 'an, as 'e says, Peters MIGHT 'a hit 'im, said Sergeant Jones, with solemn humour, 'but afore he'd made up 'is mind to fire, 'e'd come so close Peters saw 'ow small he was, an' therefore didn't, sir. 'Quite right, remarked Sunni. 'Peters might have killed me. The Colonel nodded. He was looking with absorbed interest into Sunni's eyes.
Sunni, too, found it hot when the pundit came. But an English pundit 'Moti-ji, said Sunni, laying his arm around the little prince's neck as they rode together, 'do you love me? Moti caught Sunni's hand as it dropped over his shoulder. 'You know that in my heart there is only my father's face and yours, Sahib's son, he said. 'Will you do one thing, then, for love of me? asked Sunni eagerly.
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.
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