Chapter 31

She listened with a kindling eye. A new and splendid thought came into her head. Bosambo departed that evening, having compressed more mischief into three days than the average native man crowds into a lifetime. It was six months before the result of Bosambo’s extravagance was seen. Sanders came north on a tour of inspection, and in due course he arrived at Shusha. All things were in order on the river, and he was satisfied. His experiment had worked better than he had dared to hope. “Queen,” he said, as he sat wit…