He soon persuaded the foreigner to grant his request, moreover, and the amazement of Pandu Singe and the interpreter were redoubled when they beheld what followed.
This was the extraordinary transformation of their visitors.
Nick had already outlined his plans to Chick, and they at once began operations.
First they placed the two Hindoos in chairs near the windows, where the light revealed every peculiarity of their swarthy features.
Nick next adjusted a large mirror upon the table, and placed his make-up box near by.
Using the interpreter for his pattern, Nick then set to work with grease paints, powders, false hair, and the like, and at the end of twenty minutes he had, with most artistic skill, converted himself into a startling likeness of his model.
The addition of the garments already provided for him made the remarkable transformation absolutely complete.
Chick had not been idle meantime, but with equally clever manipulation had made himself into a counterfeit presentment of Pandu Singe.
The astonishment of the two Hindoos, and their delight as they beheld the progressive changes so artistically made, could scarcely find expression in words.
At the end of an hour, when the two detectives stood robed in their strange Indian attire, one would readily have declared that four genuine Hindoos, rather than two, occupied the apartment.