And when they had obeyed, "Fall in again over there on the left!" There were three-and-twenty of them, Gooja Singh included, and they glared at me.

So did others, and I wondered grimly how many enemies I had made.

But then Ranjoor Singh cleared his throat and we recognized again the old manner that had made a squadron love him to the death at home in India--the manner of a man with good legs under him and no fear in his heart.

All but the three-and-twenty forgot forthwith my part in the matter.
"Am I to be herdsman, then ?" said he, pitching his voice against wind and rain.

"Are ye men--or animals?
Hunted animals would have known enough to eat and hurry on.