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"Be with me on the morrow, and I promise out of my own chest will I pay

you your arrears and earnest ain by taking us prisoners to Ue of the affairs at

the palace; and Uhats I will announce

to him that I found you not"

The captain and his men departed, while Ramabai and his friends

reentered the house, to find the ih decked out in

his lawful finery

"All is ready," he announced

"Dawn," replied Raoes forth for the chupatties"

Dawn The garden was filling with silent arallery, were the chiefs Ra

swords

"My friends, choose a, but the

steel is tried and true"

Lal Singh selected the sih

his cummerbund

As for Kathlyn, she could not keep her eyes off the beautiful chain

cuirass which had once upon a time been worn by one of Pundita's

forebears, a warrior queen

"Beautiful, beautiful!" she exclaimed "Pundita, may I put it on? And