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And there's old Bikram Shamsher Jang scorching up and down the pig-paths of Khatmandu on a motor-cycle. Wouldn't that maharajah you? And the Shah of Persia, that ought to have been Muley-on-the-spot for at least three, he's got the palanquin habit. And that funny-hat prince from Korea wouldn't you think he could afford to amble around on a milk-white palfrey once in a dynasty or two?
He had been with me for some time, and I thought I could trust him. Therefore, once clear of British territory, I took him into my confidence respecting the real object of my journey. "This was not primarily to scale a peak of the Himalayas, nor even to visit Khatmandu, but to endeavour to obtain a glimpse of the Temple of Fire! "That has excited your curiosity, gentlemen.
And there's old Bikram Shamsher Jang scorching up and down the pig-paths of Khatmandu on a motor-cycle. Wouldn't that maharajah you? And the Shah of Persia, that ought to have been Muley-on-the-spot for at least three, he's got the palanquin habit. And that funny-hat prince from Korea wouldn't you think he could afford to amble around on a milk-white palfrey once in a dynasty or two?
The mountainous region of Nepál, lying on the slopes of the Himálayas north of Bengal and Oudh, had been occupied by the warlike nation, still known as the Gúrkhas, whose capital was at Khátmándu. Like the Maráthás, they had been in the habit of pillaging British territory as well as Oudh, and when part of Oudh was annexed by Wellesley, frontier disputes were added to former grounds of hostility.
"Up there in the northwest provinces they told me I was crazy when I outlined, one night in a mess, of which I was a guest at the time, my scheme for heading northeast toward a tributary of the Ganges which would bring me to the neighbourhood of Khatmandu, right under the shadow of Everest.
Muriel looked at him with sudden hope. "Alone with her?" she said. "Oh, I'm not going," declared Nick. "I'm going to Khatmandu for my honeymoon." The hope died out of Muriel's eyes. "Don't jeer at me, Nick," she said, in a choked voice. "I can't bear it." "Jeer!" said Nick. "I!" He reached down suddenly and took her hand.
"'Once you leave Khatmandu, said the mess president, 'you are outside the pale as far as British influence is concerned. I suppose you understand that? "I told him I quite understood it. "'You can't reach Tibet that way, he said. "'Never mind, sir, I answered. 'I can try, if I feel like it. "Three days later I set out.
Khatmandu, the Goorkha capital, lay not far away, and with a last effort of courage and despair the retreating army made a stand for the defence of the seat of their government. Their position was a strong one, their courage that of desperation, and their valor and resolution so great that for a time they checked the much stronger battalions of their foes.
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