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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. THE FOREST CAMP. The following morning broke bright and clear, and save that there was a coolness in the air, and the bed of the tangi which had poured forth its black volume of roaring destruction the night before was wet and washed out?no trace of the wild whirl of the elements would now be visible. Campian awoke, feeling fairly restored, though as he opened his eyes after his sound and heavy sleep he could hardly recall where he was, or what had happened?nor in fact, did he particularly care whether he could recall it or not. This frame of mind lasted for some time, then his faculties began to reassert themselves. The events of the previous night came back to him?the long, wearisome journey, the exhausted steed, the sudden onslaught of the Ghazis, the pursuit?then that last desperate effort for life?the rolling flood, the jezail shot, and? oblivion. Now a thought struck him. Where washe ? In a tent. But whose tent ? Was he a captive in the hands of his recent assailants ? Hardly. This was not the sort of treatment he would have met at their hands, even if the unmistakably European aspect of all the fittings and tent furniture did not speak for themselves. And at that moment, as though to dispel all further grounds of conjecture, the purdah was moved aside and somebody stole softly in. Campian closed his eyes, surveying this unexpected visitant through the lids. Then he opened them. That you, Upward, or am I dreaming ? It's me right enough, old chap. How are you feeling ? eh ? A bit buzzy still ? How's the head ? Just as you put it?a bit buzzy. But I say, where are we ? In camp, at Chirria Bach. So ? And where the devil might Chirria Bach be ? I was bound for Gushki. Thought you were there. Didn't you get my letter a...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217607742 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217607748 |
| Weight | 0.55 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.37 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 162 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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