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Then began the panic among the witnesses. Janki, the _ayah_, leering chastely behind her veil, turned grey, and the bearer left the Court. THEN BEGAN THE PANIC AMONG THE WITNESSES JUNKEY THE IRE LEERING CHASTELY BEHIND HER VEIL TURNED GREY AND THE BEARER LEFT THE COURT
land hung about in the veranda of the Court, till he met the Mohammedan _khitmutgar_. Then he murmured a _fakir's_ blessing in his ear, and asked him how his second wife did. The man spun round, and, as he looked into the eyes of 'Estreekin Sahib', his jaw dropped. You must remember that before Strickland was married, he was, as I have told you already, a power among natives. Strickland whispered a rather coarse vernacular proverb to the effect that he was abreast of all that was going on, and went into the Court armed with a gut trainer's-whip. The Mohammedan was the first witness, and Strickland beamed upon him from the back of the Court. The man moistened his lips with his tongue and, in his abject fear of 'Estreekin Sahib', the _fakir_ went back on every detail of his evidence--said he was a poor man, and God was his witness that he had forgotten everything that Bronckhorst Sahib had told him to say. Between his terror of Strickland, the Judge, and Bronckhorst he collapsed weeping. OFF THE COURT WAS CROWDED STRICKLAND HUNG ABOUT IN THE VERANDA OF THE COURT TILL HE MET THE MOHAMMED AND KITTENMU KEGAR THEN HE MURMURED A FAKIER'S BLESSING IN HIS EAR AND ASKED HIM HOW HIS SECOND WIFE DID THE MAN SPUN ROUND AND AS HE LOOKED INTO THE EYES OF A STRIKAN SAHIB HIS JAW DROPPED YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT BEFORE STRICKLAND WAS MARRIED HE WAS AS I HAVE TOLD YOU ALREADY A POWER AMONG NATIVES STRICKLAND WHISPERED A RATHER COARSE VERNACULAR PROVERB TO THE EFFECT THAT HE WAS ABREAST OF ALL THAT WAS GOING ON AND WENT INTO THE COURT ARMED WITH A GUT TRAINER'S WHIP THE MOHAMMADAN WAS THE FIRST WITNESS AND STRICKLAND BEAMED UPON HIM FROM THE BACK OF THE COURT THE MAN MOISTENED HIS LIPS WITH HIS TONGUE AND IN HIS ABJECT FEAR OF ASHRIKAN SAHIB THE FAKIR WENT BACK ON EVERY DETAIL OF HIS EVIDENCE SAID HE WAS A POOR MAN AND GOD WAS HIS WITNESS THAT HE HAD FORGOTTEN EVERYTHING THAT BRONQUIL SAHIB HAD TOLD HIM TO SAY BETWEEN HIS TERROR OF STRICKLAND THE JUDGE AND BRONCOURST HE COLLAPSED WEEPING
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