'Shabash!' said Mahbub Ali.
'But what does the Colonel Sahib say? I do not wish to be beaten.'
'The Hand of Friendship has averted the Whip of Calamity; but another time, when thou takest the Road it will be with me. This is too early.'
'Late enough for me. I have learned to read and to write English a little at the madrissah. I shall soon be altogether a Sahib.'