"A good juggler could gain admission to the Palace, and might even enter forts where no others could set foot; for life there is dull, indeed, and anyone who could amuse the soldiers would be certain of a welcome, and even a governor might be willing to see his feats." "Could one bribe a conjurer to let one pass as his assistant ?" "That would be impossible," the Hindoo said, "for an assistant would have opportunities for learning the tricks, and no money would induce a really good juggler to divulge his secrets, which have been passed down from father to son for centuries." "If one had thought of it," Dick said, "one could have bought, in London, very many things which would have seemed almost magical to the people here.

I am afraid that we must go on, on our old line.

It is a pity, for the other would have been first rate." "I have obtained for you, this evening, two suits of clothes such as we spoke of.

In them you can pass as followers of some petty rajah, and are not likely to attract attention.

I have inquired among some of my friends, and hear that the Rajah of Bohr left here today with his following.