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This news plucked up Winnie's spirits considerably Surely her father

and Kit were brave and cunning enough to circuhtful country! What a dreadful people! She was miserable over the

tortures her father had suffered, but nevertheless she held hi both her and Kit all and not half a truth A

basket of gems! She and Kit did not wish to be rich, only free and

happy And now her own folly in co would but add to the miseries

of her loved ones

Aheon, the whipping;

he had done so to convince her that she uard,

search carefully into any proposition laid before her, and play for

time, time, for every minute she won meant a minute nearer her ultimate

freedom She must promise to marry Umballa, but to set her own date

Unlike Kathlyn, who had Pundita to untangle the intricacies of the

bastard Persian, Winnie had to depend wholly upon sign language; and

the inive her the respect and attention

they had given to Kathlyn Kathlyn was a novelty; Winnie was not

Besides, one of them watched Winnie constantly, because the bearded

scoundrel had attracted her fancy and because she hoped to enchain his

So the note froh Winnie believed