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poor"

"Aye"

All of which signified to Ahive proper attention to the muddle in Allaha

"But there is thisfor months"

"Then why does he not strike?"

"He is wary He is wary; a good sign" Lal Singh reached for his pipe

and set the water bubbling "In a feeeks I believe all will be

ready, even the British Raj"

"Why will ed "Only Allah knows But what about this guru's

curse you say follows the Colonel Sahib?"

"It is true I was there," said Ahmed "And here am I, with a price

on my head!"

"In the business we are in there will always be a price on our heads

And U back the Colonel Sahib What then?"

"We knoe know, Lal Singh," and the face under the hood broke

into a srowing restless He

finally declared that unless the ransoht he

would rid hi In order to

prove that he was not chattering idly he had the prisoners tied to the

wheels of the cage It would at least a

terror