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Rujub, the Juggler

CHAPTER XII
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Whites will be destroyed.

Rising at Deennugghur at daylight tomorrow.

Troops, after killing whites, will join those at Cawnpore.

Be warned in time--this tiger is not to be beaten off with a whip." "Good Heavens!" the Major exclaimed; "can this be true?
Can it be possible that the Rajah of Bithoor is going to join the mutineers?
It is impossible; he could never be such a scoundrel." "What is it, uncle ?" Isobel asked, leaving her seat and coming up to him.
The Major translated the letter.
"It must be a hoax," he went on; "I cannot believe it.

What does this stuff about beating a tiger with a whip mean ?" "I am sorry to say, Major Hannay, that part of the letter convinces me that the contents can be implicitly relied upon.


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