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Desmond was beginning to congratulate himself that the worst was over; Barrackpur was only about twelve miles away. But a little after dawn he caught sight of a European on horseback crossing their track towards the river. "Hai, hackeriwallah," he said in Urdu to the rearmost driver, "to whom do these hackeris belong?" "To the great Company, huzur. The sahib will tell you."
There must be something to show who the dacoits were." He strode into the compound, followed by his trembling servant. "Indeed, huzur," said the man in shrill tones of excuse, "we did our best. But they were many: our livers were as water." Wait till you are spoken to," exclaimed Diggle, turning angrily upon him.
He dare not reply himself, lest his accent should betray him. "Tell him all is well. We have a message from the fort to the Tremukji," he said in a whisper. The serang repeated the words aloud. "Well, huzur. But what is the meaning of the noise and the torches and the blaze on the sea?" "Tell him we have no time to waste. Ask him where the Tremukji lies."
"This, huzur," said Hossain, pointing to a circular cut in the planking of the vessel, "is the new hole. It is not yet driven through, but if your Excellency thinks it sufficient " The subahdar craned forward to examine it. Hossain had only waited for this signal. He threw himself on the stooping subahdar and bore him to the floor, at the same time stuffing a gag between his teeth.
That does not put an end to the administration, but it creates endless complications in the work of administration, and if these complications are created in every part of the country, the administration will have been brought to a deadlock and made none the less impossible, for the primary thing is the prestige of the Government and the boycott strikes at the root of that prestige.... We can reduce every Indian in Government service to the position of a man who has fallen from the dignity of Indian citizenship.... No man shall receive social honours because he is a Hakim or a Munsiff or a Huzur Sheristadar.... No law can compel one to give a chair to a man who comes to his house.
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