I am rebuked , ' said the Kamboh meekly . ' I am thy debtor for the life of my son . Thou art a miracle-worker -- I know it . ' ` Show me the cuts . ' Kim bent over the Mahratta 's neck , his heart nearly choking him ; for this was the Great Game with a vengeance . ` Now , tell thy tale swiftly , brother , while I say a charm . ' ' I come from the South , where my work lay . One of us they slew by the roadside . Hast thou heard ? ' Kim shook his head . He , of course , knew nothing of E 's predecessor , slain down South in the habit of an Arab trader . ` Having found a certain letter which I was sent to seek , I came away . I escaped from the city and ran to Mhow . So sure was I that none knew , I did not change my face . At Mhow a woman brought charge against me of theft of jewellery in that city which I had left . Then I saw the cry was out against me . I ran from Mhow by night , bribing the police , who had been bribed to hand me over without question to my enemies in the South . Then I lay in old Chitor city a week , a penitent in a temple , but I could not get rid of the letter which was my charge . I buried it under the Queen 's Stone , at Chitor , in the place known to us all . ' Kim did not know , but not for worlds would he have broken the thread .
` At Chitor , look you , I was all in Kings ' country ; for Kotah to the east is beyond the XXXXX 's law , and east again lie Jaipur and Gwalior .
Arab Chitor Kamboh Kim Mahratta Queen South miracle-worker night week