“You didn’t see the man at all, then?” said Chip.
“No.”
“You couldn’t have been mistaken about him?”
“I know what you mean,” she said; “but I recognized his voice.”
“I found you wandering around in that cove beyond the pavilion.”
“I don’t know how I got there; by which I mean I have no remembrance of it. Of course, Gunga Singh took me there. Kadir Dhin frightened him, and he fled through the trees. Kadir Dhin was trying to guide me home. They say you accused him, and attacked him. I’m sorry. Kadir Dhin was my father’s friend, and is mine. Colonel Gunn knows that.”
Chip did not know what to say: he did not like to declare he was unconvinced.
“Kadir Dhin had come down to the lake and had gone in that direction; I thought he was not trying to lead you home. I didn’t see the other man.”
“You do think that of Kadir Dhin now?” she urged.
“I have no right to, if you are sure I am wrong.”