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Bootea asked, and there was pathetic dread in her eyes. "What is it you fear him?" "Yes, Sahib, he will claim Bootea; a Mahratta never keeps faith. There will be a fresh covenant, because he is like a beast of the jungle." Barlow paced back and forth the small confine of the tent, muttering. "It's hell!" He pictured the Gulab in the harem of Nana Sahib in a gaudy prison chained to a serpent.
During the time Hunsa had been there, several times in the palace, somewhat of a privileged character, known to be connected with the Gulab, he had familiarised himself with the plan of the marble building: the stairways that ran down to the central court; the many passages; the marble fret-work screen niches and mysterious chambers.
"Get into the cart, Bootea," Hunsa commanded, for the girl had not moved. "I will not!" she declared. "I'm going back to Ajeet; he is not dead it is a trick." "He is dead," Hunsa snarled, seizing her by arm. The Gulab screamed words of denunciation. "Take your hands off me, son of a pig, accursed man of low caste! Ajeet will kill you for this, dog!"
If you go on like this, Mr. Hartley, you will make yourself the most popular man in Mangadone. Take my advice and let Absalom come back in his own way. Perhaps he is looking for my bowl." She turned her head and glanced at some cards that the bearer had brought in on a tray. "Show the ladies in, Gulab." In a few minutes the room was full of voices and laughter, and Mrs.
Ajeet would be represented as a petty raja, with his retinue of servants and his guard. The Gulab Begum would be convincing as a princess, the wife of the raja. The wife of Sookdee could be a lady-in-waiting. As a respectable strong party of holy men, and a prince, they would gain the confidence of the merchant, even of the patil of the village where he would rest for a night.
I fancy that's the girl they call Gulab Begum. Am I right, Sirdar?" "Yes, Prince," Jean Baptiste answered. "The girl is a relative of the handsome Ajeet." "She's simply stunning!" Captain Barlow said, as it were, meditatively.
Presently she asked, "Will the Sahib go to Khureyra and have a knife thrust between his ribs?" Barlow was startled by this query. "Why should I go to Khureyra, Gulab?" "To see Amir Khan." "What makes you say that?" "Because it is known. But the Chief is not now there he has taken his horsemen to Saugor." Again this was startling. Also the information was of great value.
This dignitary had formerly been its Rajah, but during Gulab Singh's time was reduced to the post of Vizier, or Prime Minister to nobody in particular, with a salary of some thirty rupees per annum.
"The Resident will protect you against the Mahratta," Barlow declared. "Bootea could do that," and in her small hand there gleamed in the moonlight the sheen of her dagger blade. She thrust it back into her belt. "What then do you fear, Gulab?" he queried. "The Sahib." "Me, Gulab?" "Yes, Khudawand.
Everywhere there were signs of the invasion of Gulab Singh, some twenty years ago. Houses in ruins, and forts reduced to dust and rubbish. To replace these latter, a new fort had been constructed by Rumbeer Singh, in what appears about the worst possible position in the entire valley to render it of any use whatever.
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