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much against his will, for I believe he had 

 a very poor opinion of my judgment in 

 this sort of pursuit. We had heard the 

 noise of the galloping a long way off, and 

 the jungle was so quiet now, that 

 hardly a sound was heard excepting that 

 of the horses' feet. On their getting 

 near I discovered the party were ten in 

 number, and, on their approaching closer, 

 I observed the kotwal at their head, who 

 was most energetic in pointing out the 

 likely spots in which he thought it possible 

 we might be concealed. I also saw my 

 enemy among them, looking quite down- 

 cast and melancholy at having lost the 

 chance of cutting my head off; he rode 

 along with his eyes down, and seemingly 

 much depressed that the pleasure had 

 again so mysteriously slipped out of his 

 hands. They had, by this time, reached 



