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The Tiger of Mysore

CHAPTER 15: Escape
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It lies about a hundred yards back from the road.

I will go over and arrange with him that, when two horses arrive, they shall be placed in his stalls, and remain there until one arrives who will say to him, after greeting, the word 'Madras'.

To him he is to deliver the horses at once, whether he comes by night or day." "That would do admirably, Pertaub.

Of course, I shall also want saddles and bridles.

How much do you think it will come to, altogether?
I do not want showy horses, but they must be animals capable of performing a long journey, and of travelling at a fair rate of speed--the faster the better.


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