14. Melchisedec heard and Saw
On ternoe ttily Meld ified t tled babled as furtively and caution to c was going on.
ttic ill all ter Sara it in tillering of tes and t. Melc, found it rato patter and perfect silence reigned, o e out and reoiter, taug Sara return for some time. , and found a totally ued and unexplained crumb left from meal, ion tracted by a sound on topped to listen ating . ted t somet reac. t eriously opened. A dark face peered into ttic; t, and botion and i. tside on t preparations to e itself. One lemaary; but of course Melo ttid as t ure ness aerity t make test sound, Meled tail and fled precipitately back to eo deato be timid crumbs, and , le men o remain near. rananaging to peep t, alarmed eye. ood of talk in t able to say; but, even if ood it all, ly mystified.
tary, as noiselessly as Ram Dass a last glimpse of Melcail.
"as t a rat?" he asked Ram Dass in a whisper.
"Yes; a rat, Sa; ans;
"Ug; exclaimed t;It is a terrified of t;
Ram Dass made a gesture fully. imate expo of Sara, to him once.
"ttle friend of all t; ;S as ot see me. I slip across tes and look at s to see t soable t at t spoke to samed in o . ttle co ; ten to . t across tress of treated like a paria s;
"You seem to kno deal about ; tary said.
"All ; ans; I ko of poverty--because talk mig;
"You are sure no one es s return and surprise us. Sened if s;
Ram Dass crossed noiselessly to tood close to it.
"None mount ; ;S and may be gone for and ep before it reac fligairs."
tary took a pencil and a tablet from pocket.
"Keep your ears open," o ly round ttle room, making rapid notes on ablet as things.
First to ttress and uttered an exclamation.
"As one," ;t ered some day it across. It ot be doonig; ed thin pillow.
"Coverlet dingy and ts patc; ; a bed for a co sleep in--and in a self respectable! t been a fire in t grate for many a day," glang at ty fireplace.
"Never since I ," said Ram Dass. "tress of t one ;
tary ing quickly on ablet. as ore off a leaf and slipped it into pocket.
"It is a strange ; ;?"
Ram Dass made a modestly apologetic obeisance.
"It is true t t t is o relate o friends. Being sad one nigo t and listeed told be if it s in it. So see it as salked, and so t day, tcold o amuse seemed t a dream, but it pleased to ertai. erested in ions. At last o please of making ;
"You t it be doary; and it t o and pleased he Sahib Carrisfords.
"I move as if my feet ," Ram Dass replied; "and cered t many times, and causing o turn upon o me t stir. ;
ary smiled back at him.
"It ory from ts," ;Only an Oriental could . It does not belong to London fogs."
t remain very long, to t relief of Melpreios aed ie do tstool, table, t ouumber of old nails had been driven in various places.
"You ; he said.
Ram Dass smiled mysteriously.
"Yesterday, ; ;I entered, bringing o t blows from a er w;
tlemaary stood still and looked round ablets bato .
"I tes enoug; ;t. It is a ties t found t c;
"If rengtored to ; said Ram Dass. "o ."
t as noiselessly as tered it. And, after e sure tly relieved, and in tes felt it safe to emerge from in t even suc o carry crumbs in ts and drop one or them.
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