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Updated: June 18, 2025
But fate was against him that day; sharp ears heard the hollow splash, and sharp voices immediately demanded what he had thrown down the well. "Only a stone off the coping," replied Abdul Mujid. "You lie!" yelled the headman. "You are a spy of the accursed British Government, and out of your own mouth will I condemn you.
"May you never grow weary," said the Guide in the polite formula of the road. "May your riches ever increase," came the stock reply. "And how about that man on the charpoy?" bawled Abdul Mujid. "Oh, he's all right, having by the mercy of God a thick skull," came the reply. "Shahbash! come and feast with me when your business is finished.
And so it was settled, and Abdul Mujid was bound hand and foot, and laid upon a charpoy ; and beside him, with a drawn sword at his side, lay down the man who was to guard him, the two on the same bed. Charpoy, the common bed of the country. All night long Abdul Mujid lay racking his brains for a means of escape, and found none; and then just before dawn came Allah to his help.
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