"You mean, that no bridge could be built here?" "I mean, Sahib, that the price will be a heavy one." "I mean, Sahib, that the price will be a heavy one." The Dakktar Sahib made no answer. Suddenly he laughed, not as though amused, but with a vague embarrassment. The Dakktar Sahib made no answer. Suddenly he laughed, not as though amused, but with a vague embarrassment. "That was a fine story you told us tonight, Ayeshi. I don't know what there was about it—something that made one tingle from head to foot. I've been thinking of it on and off all the time. Those were days when men did mad, splendid things—bad too—worse than anything we do, but also finer. Sometimes one wishes—but it's no good wishing. The Rani Kurnavati and her bracelet are gone forever." "That was a fine story you told us tonight, Ayeshi. I don't know what there was about it—something that made one tingle from head to foot. I've been thinking of it on and off all the time. Those were days when men did mad, splendid things—bad too—worse than anything we do, but also finer. Sometimes one wishes—but it's no good wishing. The Rani Kurnavati and her bracelet are gone forever." "Humayun also is dead," Ayeshi said, in his grave way. "Humayun also is dead," Ayeshi said, in his grave way. "You mean——? Yes, that's true, too, I suppose. But oh Lord"—he lifted himself in his saddle with a movement of joyous, fiery vitality—"though I'm no Great Moghul, worse luck, still, if a woman sent me her bracelet and she were being murdered on the top of Mount Ararat, I'd——" "You mean——? Yes, that's true, too, I suppose. But oh Lord"—he lifted himself in his saddle with a movement of joyous, fiery vitality—"though I'm no Great Moghul, worse luck, still, if a woman sent her bracelet and she were being murdered on the top of Mount Ararat, I'd——" "The Sahib would come in time," Ayeshi interposed gently and significantly. "The Sahib would come in time," Ayeshi interposed gently and significantly. The Englishman dropped back in his saddle.
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