But who will be his sponsor ?' Lurgan slightly inclined his head.

'He will not tell anything, if that is what you are afraid of, Colonel Creighton.' 'It's only a boy, after all.' 'Ye-es; but first, he has nothing to tell; and secondly, he knows what would happen.

Also, he is very fond of Mahbub, and of me a little.' 'Will he draw pay ?' demanded the practical horse-dealer.
'Food and water allowance only.

Twenty rupees a month.' One advantage of the Secret Service is that it has no worrying audit.
That Service is ludicrously starved, of course, but the funds are administered by a few men who do not call for vouchers or present itemized accounts.

Mahbub's eyes lighted with almost a Sikh's love of money.