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Updated: June 22, 2025
"There are men more than a day's ride away from here who are to be depended on by you, at least under all circumstances. Is that old woman to be trusted?" "How should I know?" she smiled. "I believe she is fond of me." "That should be enough. I would like, if the Miss-sahib will permit, to speak with her."
I fired blindly with the revolver, and only hit one man hard with the iron bar. One other dropped near the wood after I obtained a rifle." "Then there be six, sahib, not reckoning the wounded. I have accounted for one, so the miss-sahib must have " "What is he saying about me?" inquired Iris, who had risen and joined her lover.
Yet when he raised his face to Jenks there was the look of a hunted animal in his eyes. "Sahib," he said, endeavoring to conceal his agitation. "I am one among many. A word from me and they would cut my throat. It is of no avail to bargain with a tiger, sahib. I suppose you will not give up the miss-sahib. Pretend to argue with me. I will help in any way possible."
It was not for him to question the suggestions of a Miss-sahib; he conveyed that much with an inimitable air. But it was his business to keep strictly to the letter of his orders. "Miss-sahib, I cannot do that.
"Not letters again?" "No, Miss-sahib. I am no mail-carrier! I brought those letters as a favor to Franklin-sahib at Peshawur; I was coming hither, and he had no man to send. I will take letters, since I am now going, if there are letters ready; I ride to-night." "Thank you, Mahommed Gunga. I have letters for England. They are not yet sealed. May I send them to you before you start?"
"At present, Jaimihr is the danger, Miss-sahib; but I think that at present he will dare do nothing. The Maharajah dare do nothing either, yet. Should either of them make a move to interfere with you, it would not be safe to appeal to the other one. You will not understand, but it is so. In that event, there is a way to safety of which I would warn you." "Thank you, Mahommed Gunga. What is it?"
It was a foolish thing, and the Livingstones' old Karim Bux much deplored it, but the miss-sahib had forgotten to give information that the dinner of eight commanded a fortnight ago would not take place hence everything was ready in its sequence for this event, with a new fashion of stuffing quails and the first strawberries of the season from Dinapore.
I must sleep four hours before I ride! And the Miss-sahib went she bravely?" "Went as a woman of her race ought to go, Mahommed Gunga." "Ha! She met a man first of her own race, and he made her go! Would she have gone if a coward asked her, think you? Sahib women are good at the other end of things! We will ride and fetch her. Ha! I saw! My eyes are old, but they bear witness yet!
"Yes, Iris?" he said. "I am not sure, but I imagine something moved among the bushes behind the house." "All right, dear. I will keep a sharp look-out. Can you hear us talking?" "Hardly. Will you be long?" "Another minute." He descended and told Mir Jan what the miss-sahib said. The native was about to make a search when Jenks stopped him.
"Or did people insult you when you chose to remain on duty?" "Miss-sahib, I have not insulted you!" said Mahommed Gunga. "I came here for another purpose." "You came, very kindly, to ask whether there were letters. Thank you, Mahommed Gunga-sahib, for your courtesy. There are letters, and I will give them to your man, if you will be good enough to send him for them."
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