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The two young people should stain their skins and don native dress. He would give them two camels outright, only they would be obliged to make the journey without servants. "But if harm comes to you, and I hear of it, by the beard of the prophet, I'll throw into Allaha such a swarm of stinging bees that all Hind shall hear of it. Now go, and may Allah watch over you, infidels though you be!"
A messenger has arrived from Bala Khan. Your daughter and Bruce Sahib are alive, and, more, on the way to Allaha in native guise. Be of good cheer, Ramabai." And Umballa, as he lifted his fruit dish at supper, espied another of those sinister warnings. "Beware!"
England is not in the habit of protecting anybody but her own subjects. We should probably be held up till everything was verified at Allaha; and the priests there would not hesitate to charge us with forgery and heaven knows what else. Let us bury the basket, by all means, return for it and carry it away piecemeal. To carry it away as it is, in bulk, would be courting suicide."
I want money, and by all the gods of Hind, yours shall be the hand to give it to me. Marry me, and one week after I will give you means of leaving Allaha. Will you marry me?" "Yes." The word slipped over Winnie's lips faintly. She recalled Ahmed's advice: to humor the man, to play for time; but she knew that if he touched her she must scream. "Keep that word. Your father and sister are fools."
"And Kathlyn gave the treasures to the poor of Allaha? That was fine." "You have said." "They should have hanged this Umballa." "No, Sahib. Death is grateful. It is not a punishment; it is peace. But Durga Ram, called Umballa, will spend the remainder of his days in the treadmill, which is a concrete hell, not abstract." "Do you think England will ever step in?" "Perhaps.
Umballa reached the ancient gate of Allaha at the same time Bruce stopped before the walls of Bala Khan's city. He determined to wring the secret from either the colonel or his daughter, return for the treasure and depart for Egypt down the Persian Gulf. He made a wide detour and came out at the rear of his house. No one was in sight.
"You are a queen, Miss Hare." "You are mad!" "Nay; it was the madness of the king. But mad kings often make laws which must be obeyed. You will accuse me of perfidy when I tell you all. The note which brought you here was written by me and substituted for this." Duly Kathlyn read: "Kathlyn if not heard from, I'm held captive in Allaha.
Bruce elicited from the mourning holy men the amazing adventure in all its details. Kathlyn had disappeared in the jungle and not even the tried hunters could find her. She was lost. Bruce, though in his heart of hearts he believed her dead, took up the trail again. But many weary weeks were to pass ere he learned that she lived. He shook his fist toward Allaha.
But talk with them plead, urge, promise. No more questions? Well, then, listen. Reveal to me the treasure and you may go free. If you refuse I shall take you back to Allaha not publicly, but secretly there to inflict what punishments I see fit." "I have nothing more to say," replied the colonel. "No? And thou, white goddess?" Kathlyn stared over his head, her face expressionless.
Do we that, and we are free to leave Allaha." Pundita smiled. "My Lord is not capable of so vile an act." "No." And hand in hand they stood before the catafalque forgetting everything but the perfect understanding between them. "Ai, ai!" It was but a murmur; and the two turned to witness the approach of the woman of the zenana.
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