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Once in a hundred years or so a viceroy's cup, or a Derby is won by an animal that can stand and look and move as that mare did. "Just watch!" the Rangar boasted; hooking up the bit and throwing off the blanket. And as he mounted into the native-made rough-hide saddle a shout went up from the fort and native officers and half the soldiery came out to watch the poetry of motion.
It was reported he had actually allowed himself to be carried once on the shoulders of a cheering mob of students! There were other rumors, also, which did not sit well on the Foote tradition. Rangar wondered if at last a Foote had been born into the family who was not off the old piece of cloth, who might, indeed, prove difficult and disappointing. The flippancy indicated it.
He agreed to join Jaimihr in opposition to the Rangars. He agreed to send all his forces to meet Jaimihr's and together kill every Rangar who should show himself inside the city. And he privately made plans to arrive on the scene too late, and smash Jaimihr's army after it had been reduced in size and efficiency by its battle with Alwa's men.
King ascribed the difference to the fact that the Rangar had seen no military service, and before the inadequacy of that explanation had asserted itself he had already forgotten to criticize in sheer admiration. There was none of the spurring and back-reining that some native bloods of India mistake for horse-manship.
Anyhow, we're faced by something definite in the way of a condition. ... If the thing is merely a liaison we can break it up, I imagine, without difficulty. If my son is so blind to right and wrong, and to his position, as to want to MARRY the girl, we'll have to resort promptly to effective measures." "Promptly," said Rangar. "And quietly, Mr. Foote.
"I know not," said the Rajput. "You are a Mohammedan?" The Scotsman peered at him, adjusting his viewpoint to the moon's rays. "I see you are. A Rajput, too, I think." "Ha, sahib." "There was a Rangar here not very long ago." This man evidently knew the proper title to give a he true believer of the proudest race there is.
He knew that Rewa Gunga wished him to talk of Yasmini and to ask questions about her, and that if he succumbed to that temptation all his self- control would be cunningly sapped away from him until his secrets, and his very senses, belonged to some one else. "What is he doing here?" he insisted. "He? Oh, he does nothing. He waits," purred the Rangar.
But bruises faded into nothing, and weariness as well, as his mind began to dwell on the new complication to his problem. It was plain that the moment he had returned from his message to the Khyber the Rangar had been sent on this new murderous mission.
Then follow me to Howrah City. Come in advance of thy Rangar escort. By that I will know that the Rangars and this Cunningham are my friends otherwise they would not let thee come. The Rangars are to exact guarantees from my brother? How should I know that they do not come to help my brother crush me out of existence?
You say that girl the one who grinned is competent?" "Yes, indeed but a girl! It has been the custom for the members of the firm to employ only men." Bonbright looked steadily at Rangar a moment, then said: "Please have that girl notified at once that she is to be my secretary." "Yes, sir," said Rangar. The boy WAS going to prove difficult. He owned a will.
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