15/54 You have never been to India, Kit. Some day England will gobble it up; only waiting for a good excuse." "What big thing did you do ?" demanded Kathlyn, her eyes still filled with scrutiny. As the lion is among beasts, you are among men." "Good lord!" The colonel reached embarrassedly for his pipe, lighted it, puffed a few minutes, then laid it down. "India is full of strange tongues and strange kingdoms and principalities. Most of them are dominated by the British Raj, some are only protected, while others do about as they please. |