7/26 You were going to stop all that. You were going to silence the mullahs when they preached sedition and to free Chiltistan from their tyranny." Violet remembered with a whimsical little smile how Shere All's enthusiasm had wearied her, but she checked the smile and continued: "Are all those plans mere dreams and fancies ?" "No," replied Shere Ali, lifting his head. "No," he said again with something of violence in the emphasis; and for a moment he sat erect, with his shoulders squared, fronting his destiny. Almost for a moment he recaptured that for which he had been seeking--his identity with his own race. |