The Lotus And the Wind
“Now all the principalities lay under the hand of Russia, and though the khans and the amirs still reigned they did not rule. In Bukhara, Robin and Jagbir stayed in that one of the city’s several caravanserais which lay closest to the eastern wall. From the first day they worked separately but on the same plan. They went out and strolled through the huge bazaars that contained seven intricate miles of streets. Their story, to be told only when asked, in the main to be left for the hearers to inf...er, was the truthful one that they were interested in horses. There was plenty to see and plenty to hear.On that first day, within the first hour, Robin sensed that the stifling city reeked of intrigue. The Russians had been here twelve years. There were few overt signs of them--a hurrying officer seen in the bazaar, rumours of emissaries who wrote the Amir’s letters for him, stories of barracks that were shortly to be put up outside the town to house Russian soldiers. That last would have been interesting, except that the government of India already knew it, and that taken alone it meant little.Robin listened to talk of horses, asked people’s opinions, gave his own, and heard a great deal.MoreLess
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