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He found George sitting down in the verandah after waltzing His partner was a sister of Logan's, a dark girl whose husband was Resident soave her hand to Lewis and he took the vacant seat on the other side

He apologized for carrying off her companion, escorted her back to the ballrooe

"I want to talk to you Excuse ood s I want to say to you"

"Where on earth have you been all night, Lewis? I call it confoundedly o off and leave me to do all the heavy work I've never been so busy in irls and far too fewspace I've had What is it that you want?"

"I a off this very moment up into the hills That letter Marker senthas been confirmed Holm, who commands up at the Forza fort, has just come down very sick, and he says that the Bada-Mawidi are looking ugly, and that we should take Marker's word He wanted to go back himself but he is too ill, and Thwaite can't leave here, so I a I don't expect there will beshould be serious I want you to do e ruefully "I know I proo your oay before we came out, but I wish you would letdesperate," said Lewis, laughing "You can stay on here and dance till sunrise if you like But to-morroant you to come up to a certain place at the foot of the hills which I will tell you about, and wait there It's about half distance between Forza and the two Khaut turns out to be a siht and we can start our shooting But if I don't, I want you to go up to the Khautet them to send to Forza Do you see?"

Lewis had taken out a pencil and began to sketch a rough plan on George's shirt cuff "This will give you an idea of the place You can look up a bigger ive you directions about the road There's Forza, and there are the Khautmis about twentyNazri valley, and at the top is a tableland streith boulders where you shoot mountain sheep I've been there, and the road between Khautmi and Forza passes over it I expect it is a very bad road, but apparently you can get a little Kashmir pony to travel it To the north of that plateau there is said to be nothing but rock and snow for twentyturns out all right we'll look into the ot to pitch your tent to-ully With luck I should be able to get to you soo off to Khaute If I can't come myself I'll find a way to send word; but if you don't hear fromis a for after all And that, of course, will mean trouble for everybody all round In that case you'd better do what St John and Mitchinson tell you You're sure to be wanted"