Without are guards ready to run a sword through even a shadow, and here
I could kill three."
He raised his black eyes and scanned the form of Ayub Alli. There was
a quizzical smile on his lips as he said:
"Go back and sit thee upon the divan."
When Barlow had taken his place, the Chief laughed aloud, saying, "Well
done, Captain Sahib; thou art perfect as a Patan; even to the manner of
sitting down one would have thought that, except for a saddle, thou
hadst always sat upon thy heels."
Barlow smiled good humouredly, saying, "It is even so; I am Captain
Barlow. And this,"--he tapped the loose baggy trousers of the Afghan
hillman, and the sheepskin coat with the wool inside--"was not in the
way of deceit but for protection on the road."
"It is well thought of," the Pindari declared, "for a Sahib travelling
alone through Rajasthan would be robbed by a Mahratta or killed by a
Rajput. But as to the deceiving of Amir Khan, dost thou suppose that
he gives to a Patan the paper of admittance, or of passing, such as he
gave to thee. Even at the audience I was pleased with thy manner of
disguise.
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