He was a handsome bullet-headed man with a bold eye, and I knew that to browbeat or trick him would be no easy matter.

Nevertheless he still had so many Kurds at his back that I doubted our ability to get the better of him in a fight, considering our condition.
"I could be neutral if I saw fit," answered Ranjoor Singh, and the German's eyes glittered.
"If you are neutral, ride on then!" he laughed.

I saw his eye teeth.
It was a mean laugh.
"What are you doing here ?" asked Ranjoor Singh.
"Minding my business," said the German pointedly.
"Then I will mind mine and investigate," said Ranjoor Singh, and he turned to me as if to give an order, at which the German changed his tactics in a hurry.
"My business is simple," said the German.

"Perfectly simple and perfectly neutral.

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