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"Indeed, he is a gareeb kuch kam ki nahin," said the sais, meaning thereby a miserable beast, in the most intensified form, "and not fit to stand in the sahib's stable." All the same, just for the fun of the thing, I put the grass-cutter up on him, and told him to trot him up and down. By George! the pony went like a flash of lightning!
The wind bowled and moaned in it, and the futile lantern rays only suggested unimaginable, things death the least of them. "Art thou afraid?" asked Ismail, holding the lantern to King's face. "Kuch dar nahin hai!" he answered. "There is no such thing as fear!" It was a bold answer, and Ismail laughed, knowing well that neither of them believed a word of it at that moment.
It would be a long time before he would dare smoke a cigar again, and his supply of cigarettes was destined to dwindle down to nothing before that day. But he did not seem to mind. "Cheloh!" he called. "Forward, men of the mountains! Kuch dar nahin hai!" "Thy mother and the spirit of a fight were one!" swore Ismail just in front of him, stepping out like a boy going to a picnic.
It was the Hindu child obediently facing towards the wall. His thin shoulders worked with grief. 'Ah! He is jealous, so jealous. I wonder if he will try to poison me again in my breakfast, and make me cook it twice. 'And whether he will kill this other boy? 'Kubbee kubbee nahin. 'What do you think he will do? He turned suddenly on Kim. 'Oah! I do not know. Let him go, perhaps.
Janoo, who is really a woman of masculine intellect, saw this as quickly as I did. I heard her say "Ash nahin! Fareib!" scornfully under her breath; and just as she said so, the light in the basin died out, the head stopped talking, and we heard the room door creak on its hinges. Then Janoo struck a match, lit the lamp, and we saw that head, basin, and seal cutter were gone.
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