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Updated: June 17, 2025
A first glimpse at Howrah, particularly in the shaded room, showed a handsome man, black-bearded, lean, and lithe; a second look, undazzled by his jewelry or by the studied magnificence of each apparently unstudied movement, betrayed a man whose lightest word was law, but who feared to give the word.
As dawn rose pale-yellow in the eastern sky they thundered into view of Howrah City and drew rein to breathe their horses. The sun was high before they had trotted near enough to make out details. But, long before details could be seen, it was evident that an army was formed up to meet them on the tree-lined maidan that lay between them and the two-mile-long palace-wall.
"Rung Ho! See you again, Mahommed Gunga!" Thy chargers fling Foam to the night thy trumpets sing Thy lance-butts on the stirrups ring Mount, sahib! Blood them! Lead them! IT was arranged that the McCleans, with old Joanna, should start at dawn for Howrah City, and they were, both of them, too overcome with mingled dread and excitement to even try to sleep.
"If he takes many with him, he must leave his camp unguarded, or only weakly guarded. Then I would act. If he goes with few, how can he take thy castle?" "Then I have your protection against Jaimihr, and the missionaries, against my promise to support you on the throne?" "My word on it." "And mine." Howrah rose, stepped forward to the dais edge, and held his hand out.
And so at last after innumerable years of abuse but useful and indispensable work, the old punkah went the way of all things mundane. Was designed and built by Sir Bradford Leslie in 1874, and proved from the very fast an inestimable boon to the inhabitants, both of Calcutta and Howrah.
I told you I would not incite rebellion against you, and that I would not interfere with native custom or your authority so long as acquiescence and obedience by me did not run counter to the overriding law of the British Government." Howrah did not even move his head in token that he listened, but his tired eyes answered. "To that extent I promised not to interfere with your religion."
"Truly are those thy terms, sahiba?" "Truly! What others can I ask?" "They are granted, sahiba!" "Oh, thank God!" She knew that he was speaking at least half the truth. She knew his power. She knew enough of Howrah City's politics to be convinced that he would not be left at the mercy of a little band of Rangars.
The Scotsman was beginning to betray an inclination to bridle under the youngster's attitude, and to show an equally pronounced desire not to appear to. "More so, probably, than anybody else!" "Are you positive both of you you too, Mr. McClean that all that talk about treasure in Howrah City is not mere imagination and legend?" "Absolutely positive!"
He knew just as the priests feared that once he could trick and defeat Jaimihr he could treat the troublesome priests as cavalierly as he chose. So the priests made a third knot in the tangle and tried desperately at the last moment to recreate dissension between the rival royal camps. "Jaimihr is getting ready to attack you!" they assured Howrah. "Attack him first!"
First, she knew what Jaimihr's ambition was every man in Howrah knew how he planned to seize Miss McClean when the moment should be propitious and her Eastern wisdom warned her that Jaimihr, foiled, would stop at nothing to contrive vengeance.
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