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Updated: June 23, 2025
He had the volatile temperament of a Latin, and now he turned to the Minister, his face having undergone a complete metamorphosis: "Dewani," he said, "do you remember when a certain raja sent his Prime Minister and twenty thousand men to punish Pertab for not paying his taxes, and Pertab gave one Bhart, a Bagree, ten thousand rupees and a village to bring him the Minister's head which he did, tied to the inside of his brass-studded shield?"
Such an absurd little ring, with its one big sapphire set with diamonds, and "no backing to it," Miles said. And he gave her a very heavy brass-studded collar for William, and on the plate was engraved her name and address. "You see," he explained, "Miss Ross would never really have him, and I'd like to think he was your dog. And here's his licence."
He unslung from his waist his heavy pistol, took the tulwar from the wide brass-studded belt about his waist, and tendered them to the orderly saying: "It is a message of peace but also it is alone for the ears of Amir Khan." The Pindari spoke to the orderly, "Go thou and wait below." When he had disappeared the Pindari rose from the ebon-wood chair, stretched his tall giant form, and laughed.
Before the end of the week everything was landed. The donkey engine on the Ida's fore-deck clanked and snorted. Down in the hold the sweating sailors toiled. Packing-cases, great and small, huge bales and brass-studded trunks were hoisted high, swung clear of the ship's bulwarks and lowered, with much rattling of chains and gear, into the waiting boats.
'I have no clothes, said the child, 'and all to-day I have been carrying cow-dung cakes to the bazar. It was very hot, and I am very tired. It shivered a little, for the twilight was cool. Gobind lifted an arm under his vast tattered quilt of many colours, and made an inviting little nest by his side. The child crept in, and Gobind filled his brass-studded leather waterpipe with the new tobacco.
"Well, I saw him with that long brass-studded stick, and his general description answers to the tall man who fought the other two in the museum.
Joe went up to Yonkers and exhumed some old furniture. There was a queer, brass-studded, leather-covered sofa, with high roll arms, and a roll at the back that suggested a pillow.
'I have no clothes, said the child, 'and all to-day I have been carrying cow-dung cakes to the bazar. It was very hot, and I am very tired. It shivered a little, for the twilight was cool. Gobind lifted an arm under his vast tattered quilt of many colours, and made an inviting little nest by his side. The child crept in, and Gobind filled his brass-studded leather waterpipe with the new tobacco.
To the left was a green baize door, outlined with brass-studded rivets like a cheerful coffin-lid, and bearing the mortuary inscription, "Private." This he pushed open, and entered the Mayor's private office.
When therefore the seafaring merchant of the Vier Marchi, whose massive, brass-studded bahue had been as a gay bazaar where the gentry of Jersey refreshed their wardrobes, with one eye closed when he was transferred to the Vier Prison, little wonder he should become a dreadful being round whom played the lightnings of dark fancy.
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