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CTAlBOT o TALBOT MUNDY-WNU MUNDY WNU - SERVICE Tm THE TIII : : STORY THUS TIIUS FARCaptain FAR FARi1211 River CaptaIn d ci i1211 ? ! carl Nor TOOd vood has ha * been bee " sent 'rom rom from t ' ; his native England to the to Kadur KadurCatches soldier of strIct fortune In insoldier India Norwood Norwoodsib along "Ith Ith " his ssto sstosurvey Indispensable survey manservant Moses 0 Leary Norwood theedismanservant theedismanservanttrict determine determinehet a valuable s sib job Is to survey the dIstrIct trict to determine " hether het her the Maharajah secret of diamond mine belongs to the temple prlcsts prlests or to the ruler Kadur Norwood calls on the British ResIdency to his Inlt Init al pay respects On his way he Catches 8 a glimpse ot of carriage two women In a palace palaceu of one whom Is young and beautllul beautiful be the Maharanee The other woman he knows to an American of Kadur 0 O u- u Leary - lilter later tcus tells hlro him that "x x the to " young y " "e e " woman Is Isssss girl named Lyrn Harding ulilter v.ho vho who . with hcr her hcrl /l l a / nt Mrs Deborah Hard Inl ing : Is a guest at the palace On a and Sendq sends to the sightseeing tour Mrs Harding sprains sprainsIn /In In an Inlnkle / /lnkle lnkle ankle / palace for aId Pr nce nec Rundhla Rundhia handsome spoiled nephew of the to rulers comes to her rescue and t/lkes t lkes takes / her back to the palace where he meets Lynn At a b:1nquet b1nquet banquet : that night In the palace attended by CaptaIn Nor yood vood Mrs Hard ng takes one of the natIve doctor doctors s pills and becomes violently III ill She Is pl:1ced pl1ced placed : In bed and andlrrangemcnls /lrrangemcnls lrrangemcnls arrangements lrrangemcnlslfe / /lfe lfe are / made for Lynn to move out of the quarters w th hcr her aunt and stay wIth Ihe the Maharanee That evening Prince ssss Rundhla Rundhia attempts to make love Ksns K at andat ' the to Lynn She Is unwilllnl unwilling : to listen to hIm and crucial 'O O moment Norwood appears ' on the scene much to Rundhla Rundhia o 0 Leary K T t'enPr tenPr s disgust has located the . beingorked secret entrance to the d amond amend mine which Is being Isnafro isnarro orked by the temple priests He takes Norwood to the mine where death Is nafro narro y vly Iy averted vhen ehen a live eobra cobra Is thro tro n In Norwood s face Later Norwood visits the Brahmin priests one of vhom slyly slips dIamonds diamoods a packet of dIa monds moods In his pocket unknown to Norwood ood They are Intended Intcnded as a bribe CnipTER cnPTIR CIIIPTER cn \PTIR PTIR \ : VI-Contmued VI Contmued VI-Continued Continued VI - Continued ContinuedThe VIContmued7 VIContinued7 -7- 7 - 7The 7The - The Resident was m In h s office officereasonably officereasonably officereasonably reasonably civil but he frowned frownedwhen frownedwhen frownedwhen when Norwood told him about the thepalace thepalace thepalace palace supperI supper supperlou 1 I . lou ou met the Hardings Hardmgs I suppose suppose sup pose7 pose ? ' What did you make of them7 them them7Tourists ? ' Tourists Beautiful niece mece Ternble Ter Terrlble Terrible rlble rible aunt I gathered without being be bemg being mg ing told that the aunt has money moneyRundhia moneyRundhla moneyRundhia Rundhia Rundhla show up7 uP ? ' D d you } ) ou noface no nobce notree bce tree anything anythmg suggestive of the possibihtv pos posslbllItv possibilrty slbllItv sibilrty of scandal7 scandal scandal7I ? ' I thought the niece mece a damnednice damned damnedmce damnednice mce nice girl gITl sir SIT A bit romantic romanticAny romantIcAny romanticAny Any conversation with W1th the Ma MaharaJah Maharaah Maharaiah7 Maharaiah7Yes haraJah haraah ) ? ' Yes I was alone with him until untilmldmght untilmidnight untilmidnight mldmght midnight He showed shoed " , me all the thedocuments thedocuments thedocuments documents that he seems to thmk think thmkbear thinkbear thmkbear bear on his claim to own that tem tern tempIe ternpie ternpie pIe property He seems very anx anxIOUS anxsous anxlous IOUS sous to avoid a lawsuit lawswt , , and it isn t tdIfficult tdifficult tdifficult dIfficult to guess . why v.hy vhy though 1m 1mnot I m mnot mnot not a lawyer He " , showed "howed howed me noth nothmg nothing nothing mg ing that even half halt persuaded me hehas he hehas hehas has a case against agamst the priests 01course Of Ofcourse Ofcourse course we U II ll know more when ve we v . , e verun ve ye verun yerun run the survey But as far as I vegone ve ye vegone yegone gone I should say the priests havea have a walk over overYou overYou overYou You sound prejud preud ) ced cedI cedI cedI I haven t a trace of prejudicesir preJudlceSIT preJudlce prejudice SIT sir one way or the other otherWhy otherWhy otherWhy Why not reserve your opm1on opinion opinion7Are ? ' Are you of off ! now to call on the Ma MaharaJah Maharajah Mabarajah7 Mabarajah7Yes haraJah ? ' Yes I m a bit early but I have havesomethmg havesomething havesomething somethmg something to do on theI the \I I \ wayVery nay way nayVery ay ayVery Very well Keep me postedCIIAPTER posted postedCHAPTER CHAPTER CIIAPTER VIINorwood VII VIINorwood Norwood left his horse in m charge chargeof chargeof of the sais salS says at the palace front gateHe gate gateHe gateHe He intended mtended to return and ride upthe up upthe upthe the long drive to the front door torhis for forhIS forhis hIS formal call on the MaharajahBut MaharaJah MaharaJahBut MaharajahBut But the footpath to the guesthousewas guesthouse was shorter than the winding wmdmg carnage car carrIage carriage rIage road so he walked wa1.ed wa1ed walled ! . to leavethe leave leavethe leavethe the iodine 10dme for Mrs Harding Hardmg On theway the theway theway way he saw Li LS Lnn ) nn and Rundhia Rundhla RundhiaLynn RundhlaLynn RundhiaLynn Lynn was no longer m in rldmg riding rldmgbreeches ridingbreeches ridingbreeches breeches She looked delicious m in ma ina ina a frock of nile mle green print prmt and a aw avnde 'Ide Ide w " ' ide leghorn hat Norwood v.asn vasn w . wasntsure asn t tsure tsure sure but he suspected she knew knewshe knewshe knewshe she could be seen from the guest guesthou guesthou guesthou hou e a veranda and that Rundhla Rundhia RundhladId Rundhiadid Rundhiadid dId not know She and Rundhla Rundhia Rundhlawere Rundhiawere Rundhiawere were laughing laughmg Suddenly Rundhlasnatched Rundhiasnatched Rundhia Rundhla snatched her hat of off ! used it as a ashIeld ashield ashield shIeld to hide behind behmd caught herin her herm herin m in his arms and kissed her It wasno was wasno wasno no fool of a kiss uss It was an expenence eJl.peri eJlperi expert eJl.perience expertence . ence Lynn did make a show of resistance re resIstance resistance sIstance She struggled free andrecovered and andrecovered andrecovered recovered her hat hatNorwood hatNorwood hatNorwood Norwood s view of it against agamst thebackground the thebackground thebackground background of the leghorn hat madehim made madehim mm him set his jaw But he relaxed itagain It Itagam itagain agam again and smiled sml1ed a bit grimly a abit abit abit bit maliciously From the opposite oppositedirection oppositedirection oppositedirection direction he had heard what sound sounded sounded sounded ed like an oath although it was wasnothmg wasnothing wasnothing nothmg nothing worse than the well bred al almost almost almost most inarticulately lI1artIculately gurgled wordHussy wordHussy word wordHussy Hussy " ' Aunty Deborah Harding Hardmg had also alsoseen alsoseen alsoseen seen that lingering lingermg and only laugh laughlI1gly laughingly laughingly lI1gly ingly resisted kissAunty kissAunty kiss kissAunty Aunty was on the screened veranda ve ye veranda yeranda randa propped on pillows on areed a areed areed reed chaise longue with a tablebeside table tablebeside tablebeside beside her A nat ve ye servant wasiust was in m the act of removing removmg a tray of breakfast th ngs ngsMay ngsMay ngsMay May I approach ngsI asked Norwood Nor Norwoed Norwood I ? ' purdah7 purdah purdah7Who woed wood or are you Who is it7 It ? ' I can t see you Ohyes Oh Ohyes Ohyes yes Capta n Norwood come m in it if ityou ifyou ifyou you can bear the sight of me I Ishould Ishould Ishould should look presentable I never neverhad neverhad neverhad had so many women in all my l life lifeto lifeto e eto to push and pull me about This IS ISmy ismy ismy my second attempt at a meal this thismornmg thismorning thismorning mornmg morning You II 11 have to run away awayIf awayif awayif If I can t keep it down What has hasbrought hasbrought hasbrought brought you pray at this hour hour7 hour7He ? ' He had forgotten the lodme iodine lodme'Thought iodine'Thought iodineThought 'Thought Thought ' ' I 1 d ask how you re com corn coming corning corning ing along Will alongWill you bring brmg my niece hereShe here ? She s beyond those trees talking tosomeone to tosomeone tosomeone someone I want her to come hereand here hereand hereand and talk to me Will you teU tell her ber Isaid I Isaid Isaid said so and please don t take nofor no nofor nofor for an answer answerNorwood answerNorwood answerNorwood Norwood itrolled strolled across we me toe lawntapping lawn lawntappmg lawntapping tappmg tapping his boots with a riding rldmg whipHe whip whipHe whipHe He coughed a couple of times By Bythe Bythe Bythe , , the time he had peered around the thetrees thetrees thetrees trees Lynn and Rundhia Rundhla were scat seat scatcd seated scatcd cd ed opposite each other on wIcker wIckerwork wickerwork wickerwork work chairs Lynn ecmed seemed unselt unself unseltconscIous unselfconscious unscitconscious conscIous Rundhia Rundhla looked venom venomOUSI venomousiy venomousts Norwood no noreeUng nogreeting noreeling he be offered OUSI ousiy , ily lily sly greeting ( reeUng whatever . I happened to be call ng on your youraunt youraunt youraunt aunt said Norwood and she sheasked sheasked sheasked asked me to say that she wants to tosee tosee tosee see YOU- YOU YOULynn youLynn you - Lynn looked dubious What sort sortof sortof sortof of mood is she m in in7 in7Very ? ' Very polite to me said Nor Norwood Norwood Norwood NorwoodThat wood woodThat That s a danger signal She can tbe t tbe tbe be polite pohte to one person at a time Ithink I Ithmk Ithink thmk think I won t go goYou goYou goYou You will have to pardon mesaid me mesaid mesaid said Norwood but I agreed tobring to tobrmg tobring brmg bring you . . You always do what you say youwill you youwill youwill will will ? ? Yes He looked straight at Run RundhIa Rundhia Rundhia dhIa who wbo ignored h m en m . . Prince Prmce Rundhia Rundhla said Lynn IS ISgomg isgoing isgoing gomg going to show me the jewel roomIs roomIs room roomIs Is he he7 ? ' said Norwood NorwoodRundhla NorwoodRundhia NorwoodRundhia Rundhla Rundhia winced wmced noticeably Per Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps haps you d better go he said to toLynn toLynn toLynn Lynn There s lots of tune She II IIhave IIhave 11have have her tantrum out and you can canmeet canmeet canmeet meet me laterLynn laterLynn later laterLynn Lynn compared them as clearlyas clearly as if she had said it aloud Her HerWrite ! ; 1 _ r t tv tj ' ) v j 1v tit titVr Vr VrZ'e Z'e Ze ' Ir < _ zr tu"Jidt tuJidt tu"Jidtu " u Afr ,1r41Afr ) ,1r41 1r41 , ' # AfrWrite Write a letter why don t you ? smile was a bit forced " , when hen her hereyes hereyes hereyes eyes met Norwood sDo SDo s sDo Do you always order people7she people ? ' she demanded Don t you eversay ever eversay eversay say please7 please please7He ? ' He laughed I can t kneelBreeches kneel kneelBreeches kneelBreeches Breeches too t ght ghtWhat ghtWhat ghtWhat What will you do if it I won tcome7 tcome7Scream t tcome tcome come ? ' Scream he answered answeredI I dare you youTuesday youTuesday youTuesday Tuesday is my day tor for scream screamIng screamtog screaming Ing tog Are you game to wait walt here hereuntil hereuntil hereuntil until Tuesday7 Tuesday Tuesday7No ? ' No 1m I m coming commg with you She Sheglanced Sheglanced Sheglanced glanced at Rundhia Rundhla You U II ll excuseus excuseus excuse excuseus7 us us7 us7I ? ' I excuse you he answered answeredNorwood answeredNorwood answeredNorwood Norwood looked so comfortless comfortlessthat comfortlessthat comfortlessthat that Lynn noticed itWhat itWhat it itWhat What are you worried about7 about about7Oh ? ' Oh nothing I was wonderingwhat wondermg wondering wondermgwhat wonderingwhat what your aunt eats eatsShe eatsShe eatsShe She laughed at him Liar ' That sthe s sthe sthe the very first time you haven t spoken spo spoken spoken ken like hke a polished pol1shed ramrod ramrodI I told part of the truth I am , , worried about you youYou youYou youYou You needn t be I m all right rightShe rightShe rightShe She ran forward to speak to heraunt her heraunt heraunt aunt The tray of breakfast th ngs ngswas ngswas ngswas was being bemg carried out by a palace palaceservant palaceservant palaceservant servant Norwood stopped the man manmspected maninspected maninspected mspected inspected the tray and selected a aplcce apiece apiece plcce piece of toast He looked tor for some somethmg something something thmg thing to wrap it in m That remmded reminded remmdedhim remindedhim remindedhim him He groped in m his ills left leU hand handpocket handpocket handpocket pocket for the iodine iodme tore off halt half haltthe halfthe halfthe the paper m In which Stoddart had hadwrapped hadwrapped hadwrapped wrapped the bottle stuffed the un untidy untidy untidy tidy package back wrapped the thetoast thetoast thetoast toast in the torn off of ! paper and putthat put putthat putthat that into mto his right hand pocket pocketI I m expected at the palace soI so soI soI I can t stay Mrs Harding Hardmg Ibrought I Ibrought Ibrought brought you some fresh iodine incase in incase incase case the doctor s stuff is pretty ancicnt an anclent andent clent dent as sometimes happens happensHe happensHe happensHe He plunged his hand into mto his tunicpocket tunic tunicpocket tunicpocket pocket and Lvnn Lynn came to the screendoor screen screendoor door to receive the bottle botlIe He looked lookedat lookedat at her groping with his hi * left hand handtrymg handtrying handtrying trymg trying (9 9 t9 t ( t9pull pull out the bottl botti- botti botlIA bottiwithoutthe - " without withoutthe withoutthe withoutthe the untidy paper but a piece of ofstnng ofstring ofstring stnng string tied with one of o ( Stoddart s sknots sknots sknots knots prevented So he pulled out outthe outthe outthe the disgraceful package with a aqUIck aquick aquick qUIck smile of apoloey apol02Y apology i Hello said Lynn you vedropped yedropped ve ye dropped something somethingHe He stooped picked up what lay at athis athis athis his feet but d dn do t recognize it It Itwas Itwas Itwas was a quite small black paper en envelope envelope envelope envelopeI velope velopeI I saw it tall fall from your pocket pocketsaid pocketsaid pocketsaid said LynnHe LynnHe Lynn LynnHe He opened it It contained a neat neatIy neatly neatly Iy ly folded paper of diamonds Ninelarge Nme Nine Nmelarge Ninelarge large clear white v.hlte vhlte . brilliants bnlhants shonein shone shoneIn shonein In the sun He scowled at them andstuffed and andstuffed andstuffed stuffed the package back into hispocket hIs hIspocket hispocket pocket evidently upset He appcared ap appeared appeared peared to hope that Lynn hadn t seenthe seen seenthe seenthe the diamonds He seemed about tomention to tomention tomention mention them but changed hism his hism hism m nd Lynn thought he hc seemed suspicious sus susPICIOUS susprcrous PICIOUS prcrous of her Then sUddenlyEJl.cuse suddenlyExcuse suddenly Excuse EJl.cuse EJlcuse . me won t you you7 you7He ? ' He walked wa1.ed wa1ed ! . away . Lynn 1.ynn 1ynn s eyes fol follo 10 ved wondering wondermg He looked 1 ] ke a aman |
