Had he come here he would have been spared the disappointments, and the disillusions.

He would not have fallen in with Violet Oliver.

He would have married and ruled in his own country." As it was, he had gone instead to Eton and to Oxford, and Linforth must needs search for him over there in the huddled city under the Taragarh Hill.

Ralston's Pathan was even then waiting for Linforth at the bottom of the tower.
"Sir," he said, making a low salaam when Linforth had descended, "His Highness Shere Ali is now in Ajmere.

Every morning between ten and eleven he is to be found in a balcony above the well at the back of the Dargah Mosque, and to-morrow I will lead you to him." "Every morning!" said Linforth.