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With water and food, and well aran the journey back to

Allaha, a fore and in no tenderwhat sleep they could during the preparation

of the meals

Many a ti s and toss thele, to be lost till the crack of doo but hatred toward the father of the girl he loved

For these trinkets Kathlyn had gone through tortures as frightful

al he and

Ahreed, despite Ramabai's wild protest; they would leave the

treasure with Bala Khan and follow his army to the walls of Allaha If

harm befell any of their loved ones not one stone should remain upon

another And Bruce declared that he would seek Umballa to the ends of

the earth for the infinite pleasure of taking his black throat in his

two hands and squeezing the life out of it

Eventually and without mishap they cahold Bala Khan of necessity was always

ready, always prepared Before night of the day of their arrival an

arathered within the city

Ramabai sat in his howdah, sad and dispirited

"Bala Khan, we have been friends, and ood friend"