"
Barlow sprang to his feet and paced the floor; then he plumped into the
chair again, saying: "What an unholy scheme, even for India. Gad! how
I wish I'd killed the brute when I had the chance."
"I did not know that Hunsa had proposed this--neither did Ajeet; for
they wanted to get him in their power through the decoity so that if he
refused permission he might be killed. And now Ajeet is trapped
through the decoity and Bootea is going to the Pindari camp."
"You're not going to betray Amir Khan, have him murdered!" Barlow
cried, aghast at the villainy, at the thought that one so sweet could
be forced to complicity in such a ghastly crime.
"No, Sahib, to _save_ his life, for if I do not go now Ajeet will be
killed, and all the others put in prison because of the decoity. Worse
will happen Bootea,--she will be placed in the seraglio of Nana Sahib."
"Damn it! they can't do that!" Barlow exclaimed angrily. "I'll stop
that."
"No, the Sahib can't; and he has a mission, he is not of the service of
protecting Bootea."
"You can't save Amir Khan's life unless you betray the Bagrees to him?"
"Yes, Sahib, I can.
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