[Beasts Men and Gods by Ferdinand Ossendowski]@TWC D-Link bookBeasts Men and Gods CHAPTER IX 9/19
Very attentively he studied again the new arrivals and then asked: "Why did you take from the Soyots the good horses and leave bad ones ?" The soldiers laughed at him. "Remember that you are in a foreign country!" answered the Soyot, with a threat in his voice. "God and the Devil!" cried one of the soldiers. But the Soyot very calmly took a seat at the table and accepted the cup of tea the hostess was preparing for him.
The conversation ceased.
The Soyot finished the tea, smoked his long pipe and, standing up, said: "If tomorrow morning the horses are not back at the owner's, we shall come and take them." And with these words he turned and went out. I noticed an expression of apprehension on the faces of the soldiers. Shortly one was sent out as a messenger while the others sat silent with bowed heads.
Late in the night the officer arrived with his other seven men.
As he received the report about the Soyot, he knitted his brows and said: "It's a bad mess.
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