“If it had been anything of that kind we shouldn’t have heard its velvet paws.”
“Perhaps not. What do you think it was, then? Not a tiger?”
“No; I thought it must be one of the Malay fellows—a listener.”
“Not it. What would be the good of his listening to a language he couldn’t understand?”
“I don’t know,” said Archie. “Some of these Malays are very deep. Hadn’t we better say something to the Major?”
“Rubbish! No! Why, if it had been some one lurking about, the sentry would have seen him.”
“Yes,” said Archie thoughtfully.