One of his comrades had declared that he had found a giant, standing at the window where the prisoner was.

He put his hand upon him, when he was struck down by lightning.

No one would have believed his tale at all, if it had not been that his nose was broken.

The other prisoner had been questioned but, as he did not understand Burmese, they could learn nothing from him.

Two guards were, in future, to be placed at the back of the house, as well as in the front." "That part of the business is bad, Meinik." "I dare say we shall be able to bribe them, master.