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Kathlyn understood She shook her head Urind the people's corn Nothing should

stir her from this determination

"Majesty, and what of me?" cried the unhappy woman, now filled with

another kind of remorse

"You shall return to the zenana for the present"

"Then I am not to die, Majesty?"

"No"

"And Bala Khan?" inquired the priest

"He shall stand prepared; that is all"

The people, crowding in the temple and in the square before it,

salaamed deeply as Kathlyn left and returned to the palace She was

rather dizzy over the success of her inspiration A few days ht

pass without harm; but sooner or later they would discover that she had

tricked them; and then, the end But before that hour arrived they

would doubtless find so the city secretly

That it would be many days ere Pundita wore the crown--trust the

priests to spread the irl," said the colonel, "you are a queen, if ever there was one

And that you should think of such a siiven

up! They would not have touched Umballa Kit, Kit, whatever will you

do when you return to the humdrum life at home?"

"Thank God on my knees, dad!" she said fervently "But we are not safe