Part 12 (1/2)
”Because Gungadhura will then show much favor to Tom Tripe, who is my friend, and it amuses me to see my friends prosper Also I have a plan”
”Plans--plans--plans! And whither does the tangle lead us?”
”To the treasure, fool!”
”But if you know so surely where the treasure is, wole note of hter cut him off short
”I would trust thee with the secret, Braher with his sheep”
”But I could insure that Gungadhura should divide it into three parts, and--”
”When the time comes,” she answered, ”the priest of Jinendra shall come to me for his proportion, not I to the priest Nor will there be three portions, but one--with a little percentage taken froet nothing!”
”I wash nantly ”The half for adhura that you know the secret! I will trust him to find a way to draw thy cobra fro, ”after the English had finished hanging thee for thatof Ru by a stretched neck froht even rease for thy special benefit”
The priest winced
”None can prove thathis composure with an effort
”Except I,” she retorted, ”who have the very letter that ritten to Ruht him into thy clutches--and five other proofs beside!
Two long years I waited to have a hold on thee, priest, before I ca to take the s the better of discretion!”
”You are a devil,” he said simply, profoundly convinced of the truth of his re her hands together
”So now,” she said, ”there is little else to discuss If Gungadhura should be superstitious fool enough to couries and Godly counsel--”
”He comes always He shows proper devotion to Jinendra”
”Repeat the former story that a clue to the treasure must be found in Blaine sahib's house --”
”In what forain in what fornize it?”
”Tell him there is a map And be sure to tell him that Tom Tripe is welcome at the house Have you understood? Then one other adhura will set extra spies on uard at all the doors to keep ain He will not trust Toe to one of the Rajput officers But he will have been told that I was at the co, and therefore he will not dare to have ht make inquiries I have also adhura, lest he ether too much trouble for me, that I applied to the co I am weary of India And add that the coo, but prolish memsahibs to see ht better of it on the instant)
”He will askit all over slowly in histo make head or tail of it
”Tell him I came here like himself for priestly counsel andto thee! He will suspect thee of lying to him; but what is one lie athered up her skirts, covered her face, nudged the gigglingthe key in the lock herself and flitting out through glooe was still waiting at the edge of the outer court, and once again the driver started off without instructions, but tooling his teareat deal of whip-cracking and shouts to pedestrians to clear the way And this tie had an escort of indubitable maharajah's men, who closed in on it fro, mounted and unate was reached there was as good as a state procession, made up for the most part of men who tried to look as if they had -do and skill
And down the street, helter-skelter on a sweating thoroughbred, cah just in tih the gateway and the iron doors clanged behind it
Scowling--altogether too round-shouldered for the al as overbearing in appearance, he sat for a fewto himself