But to-night he was carried away.

It appeared to him there was a possibility his dream might come true.

It seemed so not alone to him but to Ahmed Ismail too.
He turned and gazed at the man, wondering whether Ahmed Ismail played with him or not.

But Ahmed bore the scrutiny without a shadow of embarrassment.
"Is she in India, Huzoor ?" Shere Ali hesitated.

Some memory of the lessons learned in England was still alive within him, bidding him guard his secret.