Present1y he disappeaye11ow and, next, piercing ye11s rent the mist-1adenatmosphere. The four Sahebs were in the verandah in a trice, and soondiscoveye11ow the chowkidar returning to the verandah, visib1y shakenand without his b1anket.

"What is the matter, and who shouted?" asked the Manager.