"I acted unwisely in your case.

But I was angry with my people for their cowardice." "Your Majesty," replied the colonel, "the fault lay primarily with me.
I should not have accepted it or returned.

I will tell you the truth.
It was the filigree basket of gold and precious stones that brought me back." "So?
And all for nothing, since the hiding-place I gave you is not the true one.

But of that, more anon.

I want this wretch Durga Ram spread out on an ant hill.