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Updated: May 10, 2025
I gave you the word to go on to Darjeeling, intending to join you en route. But you know why that jaunt never came off. I found out my mistake before morning, wired you, and left Calcutta before you, by the same train that conveyed his Majesty the Maharana of Khandawar. Fortunately enough we had Ram Nath already on the ground, working up another case I'll tell you about it some time.
When the greeting had passed between them and their master, the old man moved towards Desmond, put his hands together, and made a deep salaam. "I have heard what the sahib did for my son. I thank the sahib," he said. "Yes, 'twas excellent good fortune for Surendra Nath," said Mr. Merriman. "I knew you would be overjoyed to see your son again. "They were well, sahib, when last I heard.
And why have I been detained here, alone and unprotected, this long night? Simply because that other tonga-wallah was a fool, am I to be imposed upon in this fashion?" "What am I," whimpered Ram Nath, "to endure the wrath of the sahiba for a fault that is none of mine?" "I beg your pardon, sir," said the girl, turning to Amber, "but it is very annoying."
He alone had been excepted; the other men held him in contempt; but despite his weaknesses, for which he was indeed hardly accountable, Desmond had a real liking for him; and it was an unpleasant thought that, whatever happened to himself, if the plot succeeded, Surendra Nath was doomed. But thinking of this, Desmond saw one ray of hope.
I am to be married to Miss Sophia Peabody to-morrow, and it is our mutual desire that you should perform the ceremony. Unless it should be decidedly a rainy day, a carriage will call for you at half-past eleven o'clock in the forenoon. "Very respectfully yours, "NATH. HAWTHORNE. "REV. JAMES F. CLARKE, "Chestnut St."
"You were a fool, Bulger," said Desmond testily. "This may lead to no end of trouble." Bulger looked penitent, and wrathful, and overwhelmed. "We must try to hurry," added Desmond to Surendra Nath. "Promise the men more bakshish: don't stint." For two hours longer they pushed on with all the speed of which the jaded beasts were capable.
"True, but your anger was kindled by the attack on your own integrity, not by the man's evil designs." "I am here to report all things to Colonel Antony, Maharaj-ji, not one side of the case only." The Rajah's eyes were flashing, and Gerrard waited for an outburst of anger, but none came. "But how did your Highness learn of the man's visit?" he asked. "From whom but from Dwarika Nath?
The Gujarati was none too quick witted. He was patently taken aback, and hesitated for a reply. The grab was standing steadily on her course shorewards. Desmond was to all appearance unconcerned; but the crew were looking at one another uneasily, and the Gujarati's brow was darkening; his fidgetiness increasing. Surendra Nath was the only man among the natives who showed no anxiety.
Ram Nath reined in with a flourish and lifted a raucous voice, hailing the syce, while Amber, painfully disengaging his cramped limbs, climbed down and stumbled toward the veranda.
The man said that he was a servant of Surendra Nath Chuckerbutti and was on his way to meet Clive Sahib, carrying a letter to him from his master. But he was worn out, having come on foot a day and a night without rest. Coja Solomon unblushingly confessed that, while the man slept at midday, he had taken the letter from him and read it. "Why did you do that?"
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