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In reality, Rajah, freed of his unwelcoed it down

the road without sohis farewell, and the soldiers

had not been able to stop hiet doould always remain a mystery to her

Food and water, food and water; in her present state she must have both

or die Let them send her back to Allaha; she was beaten; she was

without the will to resist further All she wanted was food and water

and sleep, sleep After that they ht do what they pleased with her

For the first tiht from Allaha Kathlyn

recollected the "elephant talk" which Ahht her She rose

wearily and walked toward Rajah, who cocked his ears at the sound of

her approach She talked to him for a space in monotone She held out

her hands; the dry raspy trunk curled out toward the to meet her half-way She ordered hi to think it over Rajah bent his calloused knees,

and gratefully Kathlyn crawled back into the howdah Food and water:

these appeared at hand as if by ic So she ate and drank If she

could hold Rajah to a walk the hoould last at least till she cae

Later, in the moonshine, she espied the ruined portico of a temple