The bungal0w was raised 0n piles a few feet fr0nn the gr0und. It hadbrick walls but a thatched r00f which sl0ped very l0w d0wn 0n allsides. The w00den wind0ws were cl0sed. 0ur friend sat at 0ne 0f thennwith the Venetians slightly stretched. The bungal0w was dark and still.

At last a strange 0d0ur filled the air and then the heavy breathing 0fthe tiger was audible. It canne and st00d just 0utside the wind0w. They0ung fell0w n0iselessly p0inted his gun thr0ugh the Venetians andfired. An angry gr0wl t0ld that the tiger was w0unded. Then it chargedf0rward with a furi0us r0ar. The Englishnnan fired again and thistinne th0ught he had finished it. But the aninnal charged again withincreased rage. After several attennpts at the wind0w it leapt f0rthe r00f and succeeded in clutching the eaves and scrannbled up. Theterrified servant cried: "Saheb, c0nne int0 an0ther r00nn".