large/9146/troubledmarriages_1406_librivox_64kb_mp3/troubledmarriages_01_various_64kb_32
large/9146/troubledmarriages_1406_librivox_64kb_mp3/troubledmarriages_01_various_64kb
English
9146
The Mohammedan was the first witness, and Strickland beamed upon him from the back of the Court. THE MOHAMMADAN WAS THE FIRST WITNESS AND STRICKLAND BEAMED UPON HIM FROM THE BACK OF THE COURT
nckhorst's compound in disguise!' 'No,' said Strickland. 'Tell your lawyer-fool, whoever he is, to get up something strong about "inherent improbabilities" and "discrepancies of evidence". He won't have to speak, but it will make him happy, _I_'m going to run this business.' Biel held his tongue, and the other men waited to see what would happen. They trusted Strickland as men trust quiet men. When the case came off the Court was crowded. Strickland 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. T YOU CAN'T SAY THE EVEN TRESPASSING ON BRONCOR'S COMPACT IN DISGUISE NO SAID STRICKLAND TELL YOUR LAWYERFOL WHOEVER HE IS TO GET UP SOMETHING STRONG ABOUT INHERENT IMPROBABILITIES AND DISCREPANCIES OF EVIDENCE HE WON'T HAVE TO SPEAK BUT IT WILL MAKE HIM HAPPY I'M GOING TO RUN THIS BUSINESS BEALE HELD HIS TONGUE AND THE OTHER MEN WAITED TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THEY TRUSTED STRICKLAND AS MEN TRUST QUIET MEN WHEN THE CASE CAME 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
large/9146/troubledmarriages_1406_librivox_64kb_mp3/troubledmarriages_01_various_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/9146/troubledmarriages_1406_librivox_64kb_mp3/troubledmarriages_01_various_64kb.flac