The pony learns the game.' 'Ay, but another time he must not go alone.' 'Why?
He went alone before he came under the Colonel Sahib's protection.

When he comes to the Great Game he must go alone--alone, and at peril of his head.

Then, if he spits, or sneezes, or sits down other than as the people do whom he watches, he may be slain.

Why hinder him now?
Remember how the Persians say: The jackal that lives in the wilds of Mazanderan can only be caught by the hounds of Mazanderan.' 'True.

It is true, Mahbub Ali.