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"And those conditions I have refused"

"You have, yes, but now----" Umballa smiled Then he suddenly blazed

forth: "Think you a white man shall sit upon this throne while I live?

It is mine I was his heir"

"Then why didn't you save him from the leopard? I'll tell you why

You expected to inherit on the spot, and I spoiled the game Is that

not true?"

"And what if I ada Ram, if you wish, listen Take the throne What's

to hinder you? You want it Take it and let ods of Hind I'll have it--but safely

Ah! It would be fine to proclai to play a gaainst the roof of his mouth in derision "No; I

need a buckler till all this roily water subsides and clears"

"And then, soht, Hare Sahib's throat? I am not afraid of

death, Umballa I have faced it too many times Make an end of me at

once or leave me to rot here, my ansill always be the same I

will not become a dishonorable tool You have offered me freedom and

jewels No; I repeat, I will free all slaves, abolish the hare of flesh; I will make a man of every poor devil of a

coolie who carries stones frohed "Then rehter on the throne and become what the British Raj calls prince

consort She'll rebel, I know; but I have a way" He stepped outside