"You came past the house in the road last night?" asked Matt.
This question evidently startled the Hindu.
"Sahib see de car las' night?" he asked.
"Yes."
"Me no see sahib."
"What were you riding past the other car for?"
"Try scare baud white mans. Try see dem. Naboob sahib say so. Jee!"
"Then you must have been the one who fired that revolver and put a bullet through the tire?"
For answer to this, Tippoo pulled a revolver from a sash about his waist.
"Make lift board with head, make dekke, den bang!" He laughed. "Fine shoot, eh?"