Nevar mind thatt . I go on colloquially ... I send word many times that these two Kings were sold to the North ; and Mahbub Ali , who was yet farther North , amply confirmed it . Nothing was done . Only my feet were frozen , and a toe dropped off . I sent word that the roads for which I was paying money to the diggers were being made for the feet of strangers and enemies . ' ` For ? ' ` For the Russians . The thing was an open jest among the coolies . Then I was called down to tell what I knew by speech of tongue . Mahbub came South too . See the end ! Over the Passes this year after snow-melting ' -- he shivered afresh -- ` come two strangers under cover of shooting wild goats . They bear guns , but they bear also chains and levels and compasses . ' ` Oho ! The thing gets clearer . ' ` They are well received by Hilas and Bunar . They make great promises ; they speak as the mouthpiece of a Kaisar with gifts . Up the valleys , down the valleys go they , saying , `` Here is a place to build a breastwork ; here can ye pitch a fort . Here can ye hold the road against an army '' -- the very roads for which I paid out the rupees monthly . The Government knows , but does nothing .
The three other Kings , who were not paid for guarding the Passes , tell them by runner of the bad faith of Bunar and XXXXX .
Ali Bunar Hilas Kaisar Mahbub Oho Russians compasses coolies goats