I tell you , it was jolly-beastly cold up there too , after summer , ' said Hurree Babu confidentially . ' I was afraid these Bunar men would cut my throat every night for thee pay-chest . My native sepoy-guard , they laughed at me ! By Jove ! I was such a fearful man . 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 XXXXX .
Ali Bunar Jove Oho Russians compasses coolies diggers goats night