... He reached for the ever-ready Pathan knife, and Ismail, with both eyes on the dancing, neither heard nor saw...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
...He succeeded presently, for the Orakzai Pathan saw what he wanted, and in his anxiety to be agreeable, reached forward to pull back a box from between the ranks in front...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
... The Pathan nodded and touched his knife-hilt...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
... The Pathan got up and strode forward to stand on the box, kicking aside the elbows that leaned on it and laughing when the owners cursed him...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
...And wisdom was rewarded now, for the Pathan, who would have dried up under eager questioning, grew talkative...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
... The temptation was terrific to ask why she had given that order, but King resisted it; and presently it occurred to the Pathan that his own theories on the subject might be of interest...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
... The Pathan stuck out his tongue and squeezed his nose with one finger until it nearly disappeared into his face...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
... And after a few more minutes the Orakzai Pathan came back, and King tried to make room for him to sit...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
... The Pathan next King leaned over to whisper to him again, but stiffened in the act...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
...“There came a Pathan to me in the Cavern of Earth's Drink with word that yonder sits a hakim...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
...In a moment the Orakzai Pathan was in command of two rifles, holding them in one hand and nodding and making signs to King from among the women, whom he seemed to regard as his plunder too...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
... The Orakzai Pathan crouched among the women, and the women grinned...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
...The fellow screamed, and the Pathan shouted “Ho!” But he did no murder yet...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
... “Let us hope he has forgotten these!” the Pathan grinned, touching the pile of rifles...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
... The Pathan grinned, and undid the button...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
... “Haugh!” said the Pathan, bringing down his flat hand hard on the hakim's thigh...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
... “Would a pardon not be good?” the Pathan asked him...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
... That being not such a comforting reflection, King rode in silence for a while, with the Pathan trudging solemnly beside his stirrup keeping semblance of guard over him...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
... “Some of these are wounded,” the Pathan explained...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
...So in a voice just loud enough to reach them all, he repeated what he had told the Pathan the day before...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
... They all laughed at that and seizing the moment when they were in a pliant mood the Orakzai Pathan proceeded to bring proposals to a head...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
...“There be many in Khinjan!” Mere mention of the place made them regard Orakzai Pathan and hakim with new respect, as having right of entry through the forbidden gate...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
...Then he shouted for the Orakzai Pathan, who came striding in, all grins and swagger...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
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