The Sirdar's Oath: A Tale of the North-West Frontier

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Mitford Bertram. The Sirdar's Oath: A Tale of the North-West Frontier

The Sirdar's Oath: A Tale of the North-West Frontier

Table of Contents

Chapter One

“The Stranger within thy Gates.”

Chapter Two

The Day After

Chapter Three

“Above Rubies.”

Chapter Four

A Timely Reconsideration

Chapter Five

Murad Afzul, Terror

Chapter Six

The Victim

Chapter Seven

A Surprise

Chapter Eight

The Mark of Murad Afzul

Chapter Nine

A Legacy of Vengeance

Chapter Ten

The Syyed’s Tangi

Chapter Eleven

Concerning the Occult

Chapter Twelve

A Strange Midnight Ramble

Chapter Thirteen

Of the Dak—and Mehrab Khan

Chapter Fourteen

A Visit—and its Sequel

Chapter Fifteen

“A Land of Surprises.”

Chapter Sixteen

How Tarleton Yielded

Chapter Seventeen

“Better Than Nothing.”

Chapter Eighteen

In the Mist

Chapter Nineteen

In Strange Quarters

Chapter Twenty

The Mullah Again

Chapter Twenty One

Left Alone

Chapter Twenty Two

At Mazaran

Chapter Twenty Three

Of the Sirdar’s Oath

Chapter Twenty Four

On the Grave’s Dark Brink

Chapter Twenty Five

De Talione

Chapter Twenty Six

A Deed of Gift

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Bertram Mitford

Published by Good Press, 2021

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“It delays everything so,” went on the grievance-monger. “The servants can’t clear away, or get to their work. Herbert knows we have breakfast at half-past eight and now it’s after nine, and there’s no sign of him. I can’t keep the house going on those lines, so it’s of no use trying.”

“Well, you’ll soon be in a position to reform him to your heart’s content,” said the Vicar with a twinkle in his eye—and there came a grim, set look about the other’s rather thin-lipped mouth which augured ill for Raynier’s domestic peace in the future.

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