CHAPTER IX.
"Can I believe what you tell me?
It is like a tale for men that listen only half awake by the camp fire, and it seems to have run off a woman's tongue." "Who is there here for me to deceive, O Rajah ?" answered Babalatchi.
"Without you I am nothing.

All I have told you I believe to be true.

I have been safe for many years in the hollow of your hand.

This is no time to harbour suspicions.

The danger is very great.