Chapter 11
CLAVERDON was too stunned by the sudden turn of things to make any reply. He lay on the ground staring at the shaded eye of the Cossack as if fascinated by it, and his captor continued: 'I thought that you might come this way— after the little contretemps at Baltit. Rahman Ali gave me the key to that when he told me how he had overheard you at Delhi and had encountered you at Srinagar. You have had the good fortune until now, but alas! the well has run dry― But I shall be kind. You shall see the desire of your heart and pass The Gate of Ringing Sands before you slip through the gate of hell to-night. I have the generosity that comes with great luck. I came to take another pretty bird, but I did not expect to take a c**k eagle also. So!' He laughed callously, and turned to Naran
