Here are the keys to the
box, for it is heavy."
Into Hunsa's mind had flashed the thought that the gods had opened the
way, for he had plotted to do this thing--the destruction of Ajeet.
"Have all the bodies thrown into the pit, Sookdee," he advised; "make
perfect the covering of the fire and ash, and while you prepare for
flight I will go and bring Bootea's cart to carry Ajeet."
Then Hunsa was swallowed up in the gloom of the night, melting like a
shadow into the white haze of the road as he raced like a grey wolf
toward the Gulab, who now had certainly been delivered into his hands.
Soon his heart pumped and the choke of exertion slowed him to a fast
walk. The sandals, bulky with their turned-up toes, worried him. He
drew a knife from his sash and slit the tops off, muttering: "If it is
here, the message of value, it will be between the two skins of the
soles."
Now they lay flat and snug in his hand as he quickened his pace.
CHAPTER IX
The Gulab heard the shot at the Bagree camp, and Hunsa found her
trembling from apprehension.
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