But she'd laugh at me, whereas your attentions might flatter her." "You think so ?" He stroked his great beard again, and twisted his mustache.
"I'm sure of it." _"Atcha._ We shall see.

I will give the trollop that one chance.
It may be she will preserve her head on her shoulders yet by confiding in me; for if I can forewarn Jimgrim of her plans I will reckon it beneath my dignity to use a sword on her.So.

It is settled.

We shall see." You know that warm glow of vanity that sweeps over you when another fellow concedes your plan to be better than his?
It is rather like the effect of certain drugs--a highly agreeable sensation while it lasts.
But it was tempered in my case by that reference he had made to a jackal, and I'm still left wondering how much justice there was in the insinuation.

Narayan Singh and I are friends right down to this minute, but I am none the less conscious of a query that seems to spoil confidence a little.
He, being master of himself by training, and used to sleeping when he saw fit, volunteered to take the first four-hour watch on Ayisha, so I got as much sleep as the flies and the snores of the rest of the gang would permit, and awoke toward evening to the sound of unaccustomed voices outside my tent.