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Is the General awake ?" "Just coming down for his ride! Horses ordered in half an hour!" Simpson fled away, muttering, "Hardwicke must know of this!" Hugh Johnstone fancied that he was dreaming when he met his official guest, refreshed and jovial, but still under the spell of Venus. "See here, Hugh!" said the gallant Abercromby.
"I want you to present me to that stunning woman over there, at the Silver Bungalow, you know. They tell me she's the Queen of Delhi.
You old rascal, I'm bound to know her! Can't we have a little breakfast there, under the rose ?" A last desperate expedient occurred to Johnstone.
His baronetcy was in danger now. "There's but one man in Delhi can bring you within the fairy circle. That's Hawke--a devilish good officer too, by the way! Ought to be back on the 'Temporary Staff,' at least! He comes here to breakfast! I'll turn you over to him.
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