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"They know, and I could not stay the tempest once I loosed it There,

that is all That is the battle I have fought and won"

The colonel reached down and offered his hand

"Ramabai, you're a man"

"Thanks, Sahib And I tell you this: I lovethem They are simple and easily led I wish to see them happy,

but I can not step over the dead body of one as kind to me And

this I add: When you,there is much

heat My plan may appear to you weak and absurd, but I know my people

Besides, it is our only chance"

"Well, Rah I do so half heartedly

So ht back I am tired, in

the heart, in the mind, in the body I want to lie down somewhere and

sleep for days"

Kathlyn reached out, touched his hand and patted it She knew The

pain and terror in his heart were not born of his own miseries but of

theirs, hers and Winnie's

"Why doesn't my brain snap?" she queried inwardly "Why doesn't the

thread break? Why can't I cry out and laugh and grow hysterical like

other wo," continued Ramabai "Your