The Phantom 'rickshaw, City of Dreadful Night, And Other Tales
The book The Phantom 'rickshaw, City of Dreadful Night, And Other Tales was written by author Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 Here you can read free online of The Phantom 'rickshaw, City of Dreadful Night, And Other Tales book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Phantom 'rickshaw, City of Dreadful Night, And Other Tales a good or bad book?
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I must have received the blow somewhere on the nape of my neck. A hundred thousand fiery stars danced before 90 The Phantom 'Rickshaw my eyes, and I fell forward senseless at the edge of the quicksand. When I recovered consciousness, the Moon was going down, and I was sensible of intol- erable pain in the back of my head. Gunga Dass had disappeared and my mouth was full of blood. I lay down again and prayed that I might die without more ado. Then the un- reasoning fury which I have before menti...oned laid hold upon me, and I staggered inland tow^ards the walls of the crater. It seemed that some one was calling to me in a whisper — " Sahib ! Sahib ! Sahib ! " exactly as my bearer used to call me in the mornings. I fancied that I was delirious until a handful of sand fell at my feet. Then I looked up and saw a head peering down into the amphi- theater — the head of Dunnoo, my dog-boy, who attended to my collies. As soon as he had attracted my attention, he held up his hand and showed a rope.
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