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He approved it thoroughly; the ramshackle rest-house itself, the sheds in the rear for the accommodation of relays, the syce squatting asleep in the sunshine, the few scrawny chickens squabbling and scratching over their precarious sustenance in the deep hot dust of the compound, even the broken tonga reposing with its shafts uplifted at a piteous angle of decrepitude all these Amber surveyed with a kindly eye.
I had, indeed, but just strength enough to spring in, throw myself down on the cushions, and let my "boys" pull off my clothes and bring me a suit of clean pajamas and cool grass slippers. And some of its Picturesque Customs My Malay syce came close up to the veranda and touched his brown forehead with the back of his open hand. Fourteen cents, Tuan."
"You won't find yourself overburdened. The case is just this: we're partners, you and I, with some good cards between us. Just at present it's my call, and your hand goes down. Do you understand?" "Pretty well," she answered. They pulled up at the open doorway, and flinging the reins to the waiting syce, Travers sprang to the ground.
"The mare has a cold and the syce is a qualified fool, is he? H'm! I think it's high time you had a look in at little old England, my son, what? And who made you this elegant rapier? Ochterlonie Sahib or who?" "'Tithn't a waper. It'th my thword. I made it mythelf." "Who helped?" "Nobody.
Little groups of native clerks and money-lenders stood looking after, laughing and speculating; a native policeman, staring also, gave them sharp orders to disperse, and they said to him, "Peace, brother." The driver was certainly very drunk; his whip circled perpetually above his head; the syce clinging behind was stiff with terror, and fell off like a bundle of rags.
Otherwise, I leave it to them, and if the result is not satisfactory, I blow up. Nothing can be more simple." "But how about bills, uncle?" "Well, my dear, the butler gives them to me, and I pay them. He has been with me a good many years, and will not let the others that is to say, the cook and the syce, the washerman, and so on, cheat me beyond a reasonable amount. Do you, Rumzan?"
Through bitter sobbing the confession came; in bitter sobbing it ended. But still Merryon's hand was on her head, still his face was bent above her, grave and sad and pitiful, the face of a strong man enduring grief. After a little, haltingly, she spoke again. "And I wasn't coming back to you ever. Only someone a syce told me you had been stricken down. And then I had to come.
Ibrahim was informed of their plans, and was told to warn the syce to get their horses saddled and in readiness at eight o'clock, and that, as they were going for a long day's ride, he would not be required to accompany them as he always did when they rode only into the town, for then he might be wanted to hold the horses, if they dismounted and went into a shop.
Then the Amusement Club went out of sight behind a curve; and she settled herself more comfortably among her cushions, and drew a wrap round her to meet the chill wind of the valley. It was all behind her. The lady looked out as the ponies galloped up to the first changing-place, and, seeing a saddled horse held by a syce, cramped herself a little into one corner to make room.
Stanley was delighted at being appointed to accompany the boat column. The march through the country would present no novelty to him, and it was probable that the land column would encounter no serious resistance until, after being joined by General Cotton's force, it advanced against Prome. His horses went, with those of General Cotton and his staff, under charge of the syce and Meinik.
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