Then the
outcries
redoubled, and grew mixed, thus: "How many Egyptian
troops will they use?
troops will they use?
Kipling - Poems
The Keneu had telegraphed to Cairo for horses; Cassavetti
had stolen a perfectly inaccurate list of troops that would be ordered
forward, and was reading it out amid profane interruptions, and the
Keneu introduced to Dick some man unknown who would be employed as war
artist by the Central Southern Syndicate. "It's his first outing," said
the Keneu. "Give him some tips--about riding camels. "
"Oh, those camels! " groaned Cassavetti. "I shall learn to ride him
again, and now I am so much all soft! Listen, you good fellows. I know
your military arrangement very well. There will go the Royal Argalshire
Sutherlanders. So it was read to me upon best authority. "
A roar of laughter interrupted him.
"Sit down," said the Nilghai. "The lists aren't even made out in the War
Office. "
"Will there be any force at Suakin? " said a voice.
Then the outcries redoubled, and grew mixed, thus: "How many Egyptian
troops will they use? --God help the Fellaheen! --There's a railway
in Plumstead marshes doing duty as a fives-court. --We shall have the
Suakin-Berber line built at last. --Canadian voyageurs are too careful.
Give me a half-drunk Krooman in a whale-boat. --Who commands the Desert
column? --No, they never blew up the big rock in the Ghineh bend. We
shall have to be hauled up, as usual. --Somebody tell me if there's an
Indian contingent, or I'll break everybody's head. --Don't tear the
map in two. --It's a war of occupation, I tell you, to connect with the
African companies in the South. --There's Guinea-worm in most of the
wells on that route. " Then the Nilghai, despairing of peace, bellowed
like a fog-horn and beat upon the table with both hands.
"But what becomes of Torpenhow? " said Dick, in the silence that
followed.
had stolen a perfectly inaccurate list of troops that would be ordered
forward, and was reading it out amid profane interruptions, and the
Keneu introduced to Dick some man unknown who would be employed as war
artist by the Central Southern Syndicate. "It's his first outing," said
the Keneu. "Give him some tips--about riding camels. "
"Oh, those camels! " groaned Cassavetti. "I shall learn to ride him
again, and now I am so much all soft! Listen, you good fellows. I know
your military arrangement very well. There will go the Royal Argalshire
Sutherlanders. So it was read to me upon best authority. "
A roar of laughter interrupted him.
"Sit down," said the Nilghai. "The lists aren't even made out in the War
Office. "
"Will there be any force at Suakin? " said a voice.
Then the outcries redoubled, and grew mixed, thus: "How many Egyptian
troops will they use? --God help the Fellaheen! --There's a railway
in Plumstead marshes doing duty as a fives-court. --We shall have the
Suakin-Berber line built at last. --Canadian voyageurs are too careful.
Give me a half-drunk Krooman in a whale-boat. --Who commands the Desert
column? --No, they never blew up the big rock in the Ghineh bend. We
shall have to be hauled up, as usual. --Somebody tell me if there's an
Indian contingent, or I'll break everybody's head. --Don't tear the
map in two. --It's a war of occupation, I tell you, to connect with the
African companies in the South. --There's Guinea-worm in most of the
wells on that route. " Then the Nilghai, despairing of peace, bellowed
like a fog-horn and beat upon the table with both hands.
"But what becomes of Torpenhow? " said Dick, in the silence that
followed.
