human
His name was the Maharajah of Bangalore,
gpt
What! the miscreant! He was the man who raised thirty thousand Indian troops for the Mesopotamian campaign, and made it possible for the British to advance on Baghdad after their disaster at Kut.
human
That accounts for it. He is to be decorated at St. James’s Palace for some eminent services he has rendered to the British Government.
gpt
We’re in luck’s way, Max. I may spare his life, as I do not seek to take any man’s life who does not oppose me. But it’s a thousand to one he’s carrying his jewels and his household gods with him; it is the custom of these eastern potentates. I will strip him as the locust strips the vine. I will give his jewels to these brave Arabs; it will confirm my hold upon them. We may need their help upon another occasion. But, this is by the way, was there anything from the professor?
human
Only this, Rittmeister; I have waited since dawn for it, and the operator handed to Spitzer a cryptic message of seven letters, which, to the receiver at least was quite unintelligible. Max had pencilled it down as follows:--
gpt
X--G--P--C--V--S--M,