I am not a shikari, but a hard working official, and I don't want to be talked about." "The sahib's wish shall be obeyed," the man said.
"You can come round to my bungalow and ask for me; I shall be glad to hear whether your daughter is any the worse for her scare.

How do you feel, Rabda ?" "I feel as one in a dream, sahib.

I saw a great yellow beast springing through the air, and I cried out, and knew nothing more till I saw the sahib's face; and now I have heard him and my father talking, but their voices sound to me as if far away, though I know that you are holding me." "You will be all the better after a night's rest, child; no wonder you feel strange and shaken.

Another quarter of an hour and we shall be at the village.

I suppose, Rujub, you were born a conjurer." "Yes, sahib, it is always so; it goes down from father to son.