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"Ah!"

"Durga Ra you" Her voice trembled ever so

little

"Indeed! And why do you seek me, who am your enemy, and who always

will be?"

"A woman loves where she must, not where she wills"

Umballa seeht me?"

"A woman's reasons My husband and the Mem-sahib----"

"You know, then, where she is?" quickly

"Aye, Durga Ralance into her eyes Had she wavered, ill would have

befallen her

"Tell hed Near by stood two of the palace guards "All women are

liars Why should I trust you?"

"That is true Why indeed should you trust me?" She turned and with

bowed head started to walk away

"Wait!" he called to her, at the sauards to

follow at a distance

"If I lead you to the Mem-sahib, it must be alone"

"You say that you alone knohere she is?"

"I meant that I alone will lead you to her And you a Raht, and this

tiuards back to the palace"

Un with his hand, but another with his eyes The

guards fell back to the palace steps, understanding perfectly that they