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High and low they hunted Umballa, but without success He was hidden

well They were, however, assured that he lingered in the city and was

sinisterly alive

Day after day the king grew stronger ested by Rath

really settled down upon the city They began to believe that Uly relaxed

The king had a private chamber, the hich overlooked the

garden of brides There, with his sherbets and water pipe he resu verse in pure Persian, for he was a scholar

He never entered the zenana or harem; but occasionally he sent for some

of the women to play and dance before hi these One day she asked to take a journey into the

bazaars to visit her sister Ordinarily such a request would have been

denied But the king no longer cared what the wohts, being only partly alive in the

s

An hour later a palanquin was lowered directly beneath the king's

To his eye it looked exactly like the one which had departed

He went on writing, absorbed Had he looked closely, had he been the

least suspicious!

This palanquin was the gift of Durga Ram, so-called U waited for occasion It was

nothing er was huddled,