means she has done what there was to do in Delhi?"

"Sahib,--trust her! Does a tigress hunt where no watercourses are,
and where no game goes to drink? She follows the sambur!"

"You are positive she has started for the North?"

"Sahib, when she speaks it is best to believe! She told me she
will go. Therefore I am ready to lead King sahib up the Khyber to her!"

"Are you certain you can find her?"

"Aye, sahib,--in the dark!"

"There's a train leaves for the North to-night," said King.

The Rangar nodded.

"You'll want a pass up the line. How many servants? Three--four--
how many?"

"One," said the Rangar, and King was instantly suspicious of the
modesty of that allowance; however he wrote out a pass for Rewa
Gunga and one servant and gave it to him.

"Be there on time and see about your own reservation," he said.
"I'll attend to Ismail's pass myself."

He folded the list of names that the Rangar had marked and wrote
something on the back. Then he begged an envelope, and Rewa Gunga