Harold Lamb

“ A cobra's bite does not always kill, but Anim Dass had his species of reptile selected with care, and Cobden saw what had struck him; he knew, too, that he was a couple of miles from medicines and stimulants at the camp—and did not care to die under the eyes of the natives who had tricked him. He walked off the cliff.
Which suited Anim Dass perfectly, because a half dozen witnesses could say that the white man died by accident.
Meanwhile Dixon had met Gordon Carnie at the races in Delhi. Moorcroft found out that he was paying attention to the girl. ”

“ Still, breaking into the mausoleum would require the help of another white man and armed followers. Dixon had an idea of the wealth buried in the tomb, and he made his first mistake by trying to win over Cobden to help him make the raid. A man venturing into the vault alone would be at the mercy of the Chitralis who would probably gather outside and shut him up in the place—so Dixon must have reasoned. ”

“ He was petrified by terror and half numb with the poison that kills in a half hour, when he reached the edge of the cliff where you were. Probably he was more than half blind by then, and stumbled off. ”