talking by a window, their voices drowned by the din of rain on the veranda roof, each of whom nodded to him. He chose, however, a solitary chair,

fore-shortened, resting on the long arm of a cane chair, and two sets of wonderfully modeled finge

esn't he?" sai

l, too, con

trying to p

e, with one eye on you and the other one cocked for the next question. Get noth

. He's the best that come. W

lder, and watched the faces of the other two while seeming to list

ess comes to a head, we're going to wish we had a million Kir

ons!'" "Uh! I'll have a word with him." He waddled off, shaking his drab

nything?" asked one of the

t. Awful busine

a world-war two years ago, just

nk we're not. If I were asked, I'd say we ought to let them know we're ready for 'em. They want to fi

nd deaf? Can't th

dere, prius dementat

his lair, very circumspectly, and without noise; then he rutched the chair side

, as Kirby looked up fr

," said Kirby, putt

in which ice tinkled, and the two sip

sked the man in d

f her, o

see

N

aordinary woma

puzzled, and

officers ev

're supposed t

other

r if they do. Don

-m-

Kirby, witho

men by the window. "Never see a big bi

beak as aquiline; means directness

ou've any choice?" asked the man in the drab

gh," said Ki

ar there was no

best? In

ot. Fit to comma

-m-

said

t Kirby's eye, which was not difficult

s for more than a month; with all forces undergoing field training durin

en sweating

y smell

es

quest

es

you tel

w, and they must

ts been made to t

slations from Canadian papers, discussing the rejection of

though, how it got into the regiment's mail bags without being

es

prise you to know tha

min

't inte

s in strict con

liste

azaar-in the ranks of every native regiment-it's known that people representing some other European Power are trying to sow discontent wi

es

is the loyalty of

es

l-might burst to-day, to-morrow-any time. So, even with the censorship in work

d Kirby, "if I had any reason

mustn't!" The man in dr

u were to arrest

aughed

i Chowk were Regent

e men of his squadron waiting for him in the street outside. In Yasmini's room he listened for hours to a lecture

ho, by the way, speaks Hindustani like a native. And, before he started home, his men who waited in the street thrashed a

this?" asked

ingh were asked about it, he would lie himself out of it in any of a dozen ways, and would be on his guard in future. If he were arrested, it would

stand that you want

y, without lettin

, they'd have to come through military channels

, of course. I'll men

in the regular way, I'd res

id the man i

said

department, and have the country's interests at heart.

anjoor Singh, and that's enough. If he's a traitor, so am I. If he's not a loyal gallant off

the man i

aid Colo

dow. "Direct as a hornet's sting-isn't a k

Sikh officers; t

in the drab suit, still fidgeting with his watch-guard. Perh

said

e to go over

nce, so that he may stand trial and be cleared like a gentleman. I'll have nothing done to o

suggest?" asked the man

oor Singh

You

dn't ans

l remember, Colonel Kirby, that yo

ll," sai

her d

tha

one of the two

ir

ed. It's somebody else who has won; he's been fighting another man's bat

ice is neither high nor low, but ju

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