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Updated: July 7, 2025
After a wretched day he had called on Ruth. The next morning soft- footed Rangar had moved shadowlike into his father's office, and presently his father summoned him to come in.
"Never saw anything better," King admitted ungrudgingly, as the mare came back at a walk to her picket rope. "There is only one mare like this one," laughed the Rangar. "She has her." "What'll you take for this one?" King asked him. "Name your price!" "The mare is hers. You must ask her. Who knows? She is generous. There is nobody on earth more generous than she when she cares to be.
There were no eyes like hers that he had ever seen, although Rewa Gunga's had been something like them. Only Rewa Gunga's had not changed so. Thought of the Rangar no sooner crossed his mind than she was speaking of him. "Rewa Gunga met you in the dark, beyond those outer curtains, did he not?" He nodded. "Did he tell you that if you pass the curtains you shall be told all I know?"
"I'll send in Rangar," said his father, not waiting for Bonbright to reply to the last suggestion, and walked with long-legged dignity out of the room. Bonbright rested his chin on his palm and stared gloomily at the wall.
The Hillmen prayed, and King stared, trying to memorize all that had been. Suddenly it flashed across his mind that the Rangar who had striven like a fiend to stab him only a matter of hours ago was now standing behind him, within a yard. He was up on his feet in a second and faced about. The Rangar laughed. "So ends the 'Heart of the Hills! " he said. "Think kindly of her, sahib.
Well, thought the man, others may have had it in the family before but it has not remained long. "Anything more, Mr. Foote?" "Thank you, no," said Bonbright, and Rangar said good evening and disappeared. The boy rested his chin on his hand again, and reflected gloomily. He hunched up his shoulders and sighed. "Anyhow," he said to himself, "I'll have SOMEBODY around me who is human."
She sat down obediently. Was it fortunate or unfortunate that she did not know an automobile was just turning into the lake road, a hired automobile, occupied by her fiance, Dulac? Rangar's note had reached his hands and he had acted as Rangar had hoped....
"He will be dead when Mahommed Gunga comes, if only what we await has first happened. But this rising that is planned hangs fire. Were I Maharajah I would like to see the Rangar who dare flout me or ask questions! I would like but to set eyes on that Rangar once!
He pounced on the knife instead of on the Rangar. He could have questioned him knelt on him and perhaps forced explanations from him. But with a sudden swift effort like a snake's the Rangar freed himself and was up and gone before King could struggle to his feet gone like a shadow among shadows. King got up and felt himself all over, for they had fought on stony ground and he was bruised.
She wasted little time at the caravansary. The gate was shut and a sleepy watchman cursed her for breaking into his revery. "Horses? Belonging to a Rangar? Fool! Does not the Maharajah-sahib impound all horses left ownerless? Ask them back of him that took them! Go, night-owl! Go ask him!"
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