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He had picked King to go up the Khyber on that errand not for nothing. He knew King and he knew the symptoms. Without answering him King obeyed. He went out of the room into a dark corridor and rapped on the door of the next room to the right. There was a muffled answer from within. Courtenay shouted something to the sentry outside the door and he called another man who fitted a key in the lock.
I can understand the difficulties of the Khyber, but this Kashmir road looks promising." Marker laughed a great, good-humoured, tolerant, incredulous laugh. "My dear sir, that's the most utter nonsense. How are you to bring an army over a rock wall which a chamois hunter could scarcely climb? An invading army is not a collection of winged fowl.
My dear friends, is that road shut? He pointed to where the North Star burned over the Khyber Pass. 'By Jove! I forgot. Of course. Happy to meet you, old man, any time you like. Got everything you want? Cheroots, ice, bedding? That's all right. Well, au revoir, Dirkovitch. 'Um, said the other man, as the tail-lights of the train grew small. 'Of all the unmitigated !
Sir Donald Stewart was to march one portion by the Khyber route; the other under Sir Frederick Roberts was to retire by the Kuram valley, which Watson's division had been garrisoning since Roberts had crossed the Shutargurdan in September 1879. But the Maiwand news interfered with those arrangements.
The Afghan troops, organised, trained, and equipped as they had never been before in their history, were massing near the Khyber Pass.
Every day that I can point to forts held strongly in the Khyber is a day in my favor. There are sure to be raids. In fact, the more the merrier, provided they're spasmodic. We must keep 'em separated keep 'em from swarming too fast while I sow other seeds among 'em." His brother nodded. Sowing seeds was almost that family's hereditary job.
The Luttabund road became the habitual route along which, from Cabul downwards, were posted detachments maintaining the communications of the Cabul force with the Khyber column and India.
Before if was dark that night there were thirty men sworn to hold their tongues and to wait for the word to hurry down the Khyber for the purpose of enlisting in some British-Indian regiment. Some even began to urge the hakim not to wait for the Orakzai Pathan, but to start with what he had.
The connecting posts of Gundamuk and Peshbolak had to be evacuated; and thus, from Jumrood at the foot of the Khyber up to Cabul, there remained no intermediate post in British possession with the solitary exception of Jellalabad, and communications were entirely interrupted except through the medium of furtive messengers.
He stood like a native moved like one; even his voice was changed, as if like the actor who dyed himself all over to act Othello he could do nothing by halves. "I'm going to try to get in without my men seeing me!" said the younger. "If they do see you, they'll shoot!" "Yes, and miss! Trust a Khyber jezailchi not to hit much in the dark! It'll do 'em good either way.
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