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Tell him the whole Turkish force is in motion and coming on as if their general knows something for certain that we don't know at all. Tell him that I suspect treachery at our rear, and have good reason for it!" Rustum Khan eyed me for a minute as if he would read the very middle of my heart. "Can you ride?" he asked. "Of course," I answered. "It's only walking that I can't do."
Did you observe his noble rescue work? Here see the orders for yourselves! Observe how the Stamboulis propose to prove their innocence after the event!" Since they were written in Turkish they were of no conceivable use to any one but Fred and Rustum Khan. Fred glanced over them, and shouted to Rustum Khan to come and look.
You think 'e is busy at the fortifying? Then I tell you, No, 'e is not! 'E is outside listening!" The surprising answer to that assertion was a heavy saber thrust between the window-frame and blind and descending on the thong. Next followed Rustum Khan's long boot.
The lines are seldom harmonious, and we must frequently change the accent of common words, or lay stress on unimportant particles, to show the rhythm. Arnold frequently copies Milton, especially in his repetition of ideas and phrases; but the poem as a whole is lacking in Milton's wonderful melody. The classic influence on Sohrab and Rustum is especially noticeable in Arnold's use of materials.
I was not the only one in Rustum Khan's debt; it was likely his brilliant effort at the critical moment had saved our whole fighting line. Besides, I saw the Turk grinning to himself with satisfaction at the rift in our good will. "Suppose we refer this dispute to Monty," I proposed, reasoning that if it should ever get as far as Monty, tempers would have died away meanwhile.
There is further reference to the canals and castles which we can trace to the BUNDEHESH. The struggle between Rustum and Isfandiyar is also described. Then Bishtasb believed in him and accepted his religion which is that of the Magians and exhorted the people of his kingdom to the same and they also accepted it nolence volence.
On my way hither I saw Umm Kulsum, with that jackal trotting at her heel he made a scornful gesture in the direction of Peter Measel, who winced perceptibly, at which Fred Oakes chuckled and nudged me "and I followed Umm Kulsum, to observe what harm she might intend." "Black pig!" remarked Maga, but Rustum Khan merely turned his splendid back a trifle more toward her.
"Do you deny Kagig's right to question prisoners?" I asked, thinking I saw a way out of the mess. "Can I not question him?" Rustum Khan turned on me with a gesture that made it clear he held me to no friendship on account of service rendered. He strode toward his prisoner, with heaven knows what notion in his head, but Fred interposed himself.
Rustum Khan looked down at her bandaged wrist, and then into violet eyes that were not in the least degree afraid of him but only looking diligently for the honor he so boasted. "Who can refuse a beautiful young woman?" he said, beginning to melt. But he refused to meet her eyes again, or even to acknowledge our existence. "I give you the prisoner!"
He pointed toward the ample room remaining between Monty and me. "Will the sahib permit? "Izzat be damned!" Monty answered. Rustum Khan colored darkly. "I shared a tent with you once on campaign, sahib, in the days before the good days before those old days when " "When you and I served one Raj, eh? I remember," Monty answered. "I remember it was your tent, Rustum Khan.
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