A. E. W. Mason

A. E. W. Mason

The Broken Road — II: Inside the Fort (1907)

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Portrait of A. E. W. Mason A. E. W. Mason,  The Broken Road — II: Inside the Fort (1907)

“ A brief silence followed upon his words, and during that silence certain sounds became audible—the beating of tom-toms and the cries of men. The dinner-table was set in the verandah of an inner courtyard open to the sky, and the sounds descended into that well quite distinctly, but faintly, as if they were made at a distance in the dark, open country. The six men seated about the table paid no heed to those sounds ”
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Portrait of A. E. W. Mason A. E. W. Mason,  The Broken Road — II: Inside the Fort (1907)

“ He was withdrawn amongst his own speculations, and his eyes looked out beyond that smoke-laden room in a fort amongst the Himalaya mountains into future years dim with peril and trouble.
"There is no moon," he said at length. "We can get some exercise to-night"; and he rose from the table and ascended a little staircase on to the flat roof of the fort. Major Dewes and the three other officers got up and went about their business. ”
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Portrait of A. E. W. Mason A. E. W. Mason,  The Broken Road — II: Inside the Fort (1907)

“ Even if the fortress fell, even if every man within perished by the sword—why, as Lynes had said, the Sirkar does not forget its servants. The relieving force might march in too late, but it would march in. Men would die, a few families in England would wear mourning, the Government would lose a handful of faithful servants. England would thrill with pride and anger, and the rebellion would end as rebellions always ended.
Luffe was troubled for quite another cause. He went down from the roof, walked by courtyard and winding passage to the quarters of the Khan. ”
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