undone at the last minute."

"But what made you investigate those prisoners?"

"Couldn't imagine why thirty men should be singled out for special
treatment. Rewa Gunga told me they were still at large in Delhi.
Couldn't guess why. Had 'em arrested so's to be able to question 'em.
That's all, sir."

"Not nearly all!" said the general. "You realize by now, I suppose,
that they're her special men--special personal following?"

"Guessed something of that sort."

"Well--she's clever. It occurred to her that the safest way to
get 'em up North was to have 'em arrested and deported. That would
avoid interference and delay and would give her a chance to act
deliverer at this end, and so make 'em grateful to her--you see?
Rewa Gunga told me all this, you understand. He seems to think
she's semi-divine. He was full of her cleverness in having thought
of letting 'em all get into debt at a house of ill repute, so as
to have 'em at hand when she wanted 'em."

"She must have learned that trick from our merchant marine," said King.

"Maybe. She's clever. She asked me over the phone whether her
thirty men had started North. I sent a telegram in cypher to
find out. The answer was that you had found 'em and rounded 'em
up and were bringing 'em with you. When she called me up on the
phone the second time I told her so, and I heard her chuckle with