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There was silence. Then there was a murmur of astonishment. Over opposite to where King sat the mullah stood up, who the Pathan had said was "Bull-with-a-beard" Muhammad Anim. "The men are mine!" he growled. His voice was like a bear's at bay; it was low, but it carried strangely. And as he spoke he swung his great head between his shoulders, like a bear that means to charge.
That was all, but the fire in the mullah's eyes showed that he thought it was enough. He did not doubt that once he should have his extra four thousand in the caves Khinjan would be his; and he said so. "Khinjan is mine!" he growled. "India is mine!" And King did not answer him. He did not believe Yasmini would be fool enough to trust herself in any bargain with Muhammad Anim.
In cold gray dawn it would have needed a martinet to make a firing squad do execution on Muhammad Anim, even with his hands tied and his back against a wall. A man whose boils had just been lanced was no match for him at all, even in broad daylight. The Hillman slunk away and did as he was told. "What meant thy message?" growled the mullah.
Anim., lib. x. ch. xi.; see also PLINY, lib. ix. ch. vii.. lib. xi. ch. cxiii.; ATHENÆUS, lib. vii. ch. iii. vi. I have heard of sounds produced under water at Baltimore, and supposed to be produced by the "cat-fish;" and at Swan River in Australia, where they are ascribed to the "trumpeter." Organs of hearing have been clearly ascertained to exist, mot only in fishes , but in mollusca.
The Pathan got up and strode forward to stand on the box, kicking aside the elbows that leaned on it and laughing when the owners cursed him. He stood on it and stared for five minutes, counting deliberately three times over, striking a finger on the palm of his hand to check himself. "Bull-with-a-beard!" he announced at last, dropping back into place beside King. "Muhammad Anim.
A Silurus, found in the Rio Parana, and called the "armado," is remarkable for making a harsh grating noise when caught by hook or line, which can be distinctly heard when the fish is beneath the water. DARWIN, Nat. Journ. ch. vii. Aristotle and Ælian were aware of the existence of this faculty in some of the fishes of the Mediterranean. ARISTOTLE, De Anim., lib. iv. ch. ix.; ÆLIAN, De Nat.
"She has discovered that this mullah Muhammad Anim is no true muslim, but an unbelieving dog of a foreigner from Farangistan! She has discovered that he plans to make himself an emperor in these Hills, and to sell Hillmen into slavery!" Might as well serve the mullah up hot while about it!
So Anim Singh came now, and Ranjoor Singh repeated to him what he had just told me. Anim Singh laughed. "Leave the Kurds to fight it out below, then!" said he. "While they fight, let us eat up distance into Persia, gold and all!" Ranjoor Singh, with the night mist sparkling like jewels on his beard, eyed him in silence for a minute.
"Let him go!" growled Muhammad Anim. "Go thou! Stand guard over the women until I come!" The mullah turned a rifle this way and that in his paws, like a great bear dancing. The Mahsudi with a sore neck could have shot him perhaps, but there are men with whom only the bravest dare try conclusions.
The sahib will understand now better what I meant by saying Anim Singh has ears too big for his head.
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