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To embrace the proffered alliance of Dost Mahomed, or force Shah Soojah upon the country, and prepare for the reception of the Persians and Russians, by kindling a civil war? The latter was the course determined on! A league was formed, known in the history of our time as the Tripartite Treaty including Runjeet Singh, Shah Soojah, and the British government.
But for my harmless disguise, I might not have ventured near enough to save you from making a feast for the muggers just for this superstition of Dewáli not cured by all the wisdom of Oxford. Was it Oxford?" "Yes." "Is it possible ?" He drew nearer. His eyes dwelt on her frankly, almost boldly. "Am I addressing the accomplished daughter of Ram Singh Bahádur ?"
He put his hand in his pocket and drew out what seemed to be a jewel-case, which he opened and handed to the Rajah. "Before I say anything further, I want you to look at that and give me your opinion, Rajah Sahib," he said. "I will then proceed." Nehal Singh took the small white stone from the case and studied it intently.
It turned out that that young woman was much too bent on swapping owners to do anything but smooth our path; but I wasn't so sure of that then as Narayan Singh seemed to be, and as, for that matter, Grim was too. But he seemed to grow a little less irascible, until she leaned too close to him and touched his neck.
"Pray God I have taught you to forget!" Nehal Singh had meanwhile taken Stafford's place at Beatrice's side. As he had entered the alcove she had made an effort to pass out, but her eyes had met his, and the look in them had held her rooted to the ground.
It seemed to him that they had deterred his progress for some unknown purpose, and the thought of those he had left behind caused him profound uneasiness. Native treachery was proverbial, and no doubt Nehal Singh felt himself justified in any conduct that seemed wise to him. In any case, there was no return.
But Coolin, being industrious at his trencher, often had dreams, and one more or less horrible about Connor had not seemed to him to matter at all. It had sufficed, however, to give him a cue to chaff the man who had knocked the wind out of Subadar Goordit Singh, and who must pay for it one hour or another in due course, as Coolin and the Berkshires knew full well.
There was a fresh jangling from below, exciting Glyn's curiosity almost to the highest pitch. "Look here, Singhy, if you don't get up directly and see what that noise is, I'll come and make you." "You do if you dare!" Glyn threw the clothes back, sprang out of bed, and the next moment the coverings of his companion were stripped off on to the floor. "Oh, you " snapped Singh.
He went to the young men, but the glamour of his name had passed away, and they were entering native regiments of Government offices, and Khem Singh could give them neither pension, decorations, nor influence nothing but a glorious death with their backs to the mouth of a gun.
Here also, in the neighbourhood of Kotab-Minar, a hospitable dwelling is to be found. A ruined building is fitted up, and three of the rooms are furnished. On the way homewards, we visited the observatory of the famous astronomer, Dey Singh. If that at Benares has been seen, this may well be passed by.
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