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Igues , , guMest guMestst st I the palace On a slhtseelng sightseeing ( lour tour Mrs Hardrng Harding sprains an ankle anklet Iguesfhe to toomes fhe the palace for aid PrInce Rundhla Rundhia handsome spoiled nephew ipS nephewipS t s to her rescue unight unightin and takes I er back ac to the omes 3 .t t . he.t "eJ'S eJS " s ' It pt a aebanquet banquet that thatunight nJght in In the t e palace palaceac acattended attended palace by by Captain vhere Nor Nore he _ _ fJIJr'f IJr'f IJrf " ' t.kes tkes tikes . one of the nallve native doctor lis Us fJ ! 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Rundhia RundIDa suggestedThanks suggestedThanks suggested suggestedThanks Thanks no There s a phone m in mmy inmy mmy my bedroom I will use that Good Good11Ight Goodnight Goodnight 11Ight night Good night 11Ight , , . Captain Captam Nor Norwood Norwoad Norwood NorwoodCHAPTER wood woad woadCHAPTER - CHAPTER CllAPTIR : VINorwood VI VINorwood Norwood changed Into khaki and follov.ed folloved followed andfollowed andfollov.ed . 0 O Leary s lantern 0 O Leary Learywas Learywas Learywas was nervous talkatne talkatl\ talkatl talkatle talkatrt \ e a del1berately deliberately ! deliberatelydisrespectful dlsrespectcul disrespectful Being Bemg only one third : Irish thirdIrish two thirds of his truculence truculencewas truculencewas 1 1was was assumed not genuine How However However However ever Norwood understood thatSomeone thatSomeone that thatSomeone Someone said 0 O Leary must musthave musthave musthave have overheard us talking talkmg near the thepalace thepalace thepalace palace gate I was followed to camp Heard campHeard him hun Couldn t see him We re refollowed refollowed refollowed followed now They II ll take your yournumber yournumber yournumber number down unless you watch out outAll outAll outAll All you officers beheve bel1eve believe because becauseyour becauseyour becauseyour your lUll . uniform orm was made in m London Londonthat Londonthat Londonthat that 5 S ) ou ve ye only got to call the po bce lice police pobce and- and andShut andShut and - Shut upAll up upAU AU All right , , , strafe met me ' ' ! That bat s the theArmy theArmy theArmy Army for you I m not Army I m munderpaId man man ' an underpaid ! civilian cvll1an supernumer supernumerary supernumerary supemumerary ary Sack me if J ! you want t.o to . t.oo toO to0 o Leary resumed his dIscourse dIscourseThen discourseThen discourseThen Then believe bebeve this while you was wasMy 5 JI ) aJ 1 1G a /J J / G . h hs s ha a ; / 0 / ' 4 f r i { t + 7 1 ' 11 I 1 * C/ C Cj CMy / j My l\Iy l Iy \ report is likely to carry carryweight carryweight carryweight carryweightperforming weight weightperforming performing performmg an officer s job wl wi tvi a abanJ abanjo abanjo banJ banjo and a beauty I sat thIrsty thIrstyby thirstyby thirstyby by the camp fire so the smoke ud udkeep udkeep udkeep keep the . okeeters keeters .keeters off oil me hoping hopmg for forone forone forone one o 0 my spies to show up But Butcame Butcame Butcame came along a man I don t know knowCrep knowCrep knowCrep Crep up surreptitious Spoke Pun PunJabl Punjabi Punjabi Jabl jabi mispronouncing mlspronouncmg it It weren t thIS this this hIS right language Says he How Howmuch Howmuch Howmuch7 Howmuch7Gave much ? ' Gave you money money7 money7Not ? ' Not one annal anna ! He wanted to toknow toknow toknow know your price to s de with the thepr thepr thepr pr ests gists against agamst the MaharajahWhat MaharajahWhat Maharajah MaharajahWhat What did you tell him ? Nothing Nothmg NothingWhat NothmgWhat What did you do do7 do7He ? ' He was gone too qu ck . . I missedhim mIssed mIssedhIm missedhim hIm with the new iron skillet what whatthe whatthe whatthe the cook had stuck to clean stself itself stselfnmong itselfamong itselfamong nmong among the embers Damned Dlgh nigh Dlghred nighred nighred red hot It If I d hit hat him hun he be d ha hasIzzled hasizzled hasizzled sIzzled Point Pomt is that whoever sent senthIm senthim senthim hIm will wall be figuring figurmg they tried the thewrong thewrong thev/rong thev rong wrong / diplomacy Next thing thmg knife knifeor knifeor knifeor or bullet . . Dodge cm em and look out outfor outfor outfor for poison Make the cook taste tasteeverythmg tasteeverything tasteeverything everythmg everything and then bury the cook cookFrom cookFrom cookFrom From now on I eat nothing nothmg Iven Even IvenwhlSkcy Evenwhiskey ; Evenwhiskey whlSkcy whiskey am t safe They can drll drill drlland drilland drilland ! and plug the bottle but it kills more morecom1ort morecomfort morecomfort com1ort comfort ng than ground glass giass or orbamboo orbamboo orbamboo bamboo fiber The priests know you youdmed youdined youdined dmed dined at the palace tonight tODlght They re redead redead redead dead sure the Maharajah greased greasedyour greasedyour greasedyour your palm Well-there Well there Well - there s where the thedump thedump thedump dump is Tain Tam t sate safe sale to go closer'I closerWait closer closerWait ' Wait Walt here said Norwood0 Norwoodo Norwood 'I I 'IWalt o Leary picked up a stick He Heshadowed Heshadowed Heshadowed shadowed Norwood along the foot footpath footpath footpath path unt tint 1 I Norwood peered beneath beneaththe beneaththe beneaththe the wa waterfall terfall . He had to stand on ona ona ona a sl 51 ppery ledge of rock . . As 0 O Lea Leary Leary Leary ry had foretold the moon s 5 rays dId dIdwanly didwanly didwanly wanly penetrate penctrate but it was torch torch1 1 ght that |