About noon
He thought of George waiting alone at Nazri , and then obediently warning the people at Khautmi . By this time Andover would know he was missing , and men would be out on a very hopeless search . At any rate he had done some good , for if the Badas meant marching they would find the garrisons prepared . About noon there was a bustle in the square and Fazir Khan with a dozen of his tail swaggered in . He came straight to the hut , and two men entered and brought out the prisoner . Lewis stiffened his back and prepared not reluctantly for a change in the situation . He had no special fear of this smiling , sinister chieftain .