A second later he was in Ruth's arms.
"I thought you were dead when I saw Shaitan!" he said. He was nearly
sobbing.
"No, Mahommed Khan rode him," she answered, and she made no pretense
about not sobbing. She was crying like a child.
"Salaam, Bellairs sahib!" said a weak voice close to him. He noticed
Colonel Carter bending over a prostrate figure, lifting the head up
on his knee. There were three Rajputs standing between, though, and
he could not see whose the figure was.
"Come over here!" said Colonel Carter, and young Bellairs obeyed him,
leaving Ruth sitting on the ground where she was.
"Wouldn't you care to thank Mohammed Khan?" It was a little cruel
of the colonel to put quite so much venom in his voice, for, when
all is said and done: a man has almost a right to be forgetful when
he has just had his young wife brought him out of the jaws of death.
At least he has a good excuse for it. The sting of the reproof left
him bereft of words and he stood looking down at the old Risaldar,
saying nothing and feeling very much ashamed.
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