The Eye of Zeitoon

The Eye of Zeitoon

Talbot Mundy

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The gut of the pass rose toward Zeitoon at a sharp incline-a ramp of slippery wet clay, half a mile long, reaching across from buttress to buttress of the impregnable hills. It was more than a ridden mule could do to keep its feet on the slope, and we had to dismount. It was almost as much as we ourselves could do to make progress with the aid of sticks, and we knew at last what Kagig had meant by his boast that nothing on wheels could approach his mountain home. The poor wretches who had struggled so far with us simply gave up hope and sat down, proposing to die there.

The Eye of Zeitoon Chapter 1 No.1

I Parthians, Medes and Elamites .............................. 1

II "How did sunshine get into the garden? By whose leave came

the wind?" .............................................. 21

III "Sahib, there is always work for real soldiers!" ......... 40

IV "We are the robbers, effendi!" ............................ 52

V "Effendi, that is the heart of Armenia burning!" ........... 74

VI "Passing the buck to Allah!" ............................. 91

VII "We hold you to your word!" .............................. 118

VIII "I go with that man!" ................................... 128

IX "And you left your friend to help me?" ................... 142

X "When I fire this pistol-" ................................ 163

XI "That man's dose is death, and he dies unshriven!" ....... 176

XII "America's way with a woman is beyond belief!" .......... 195

XIII "'Take your squadron and go find him, Rustum Khan!'

And I, sahib, obeyed my lord bahadur's orders." ......... 211

XIV "Rajput, I shall hang you if you make more trouble!"...... 229

XV "Scenery to burst the heart!" ............................. 243

XVI "What care I for my belly, sahib, if you break my heart?" 257

XVII "I knew what to expect of the women!" .................. 277

XVIII "Per terram et aquam" .................................. 290

XIX "Such drilling as they have had-such little drilling!" .. 303

XX "So few against so many! I see death, and I am not sorry!" 316

XXI "Those who survive this night shall have brave memories!". 333

XXII "God go with you to the States, effendim!" .............. 349

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Talbot Mundy was born William Lancaster Gribbon on April 23rd 1879 in London. After a particularly undistinguished record at Rugby School, he ran off to Germany and joined a circus. After his return, from Germany, he left Britain to work as a relief worker in Baroda in India, followed by further adventures in Africa, the Near East and the Far East. His initial inclination was to be a con artist, a confidence trickster and exploit other areas of petty criminality. However with a change of location to the United States and a near fatal mugging he decided that life as an upright citizen was now more to his liking. At age 29 he had decided on Talbot Mundy as a name and three years later in 1911 he began his writing career. Obviously late but it was still to be prodigious none the less. Many of his novels including his first 'Rung Ho!' and his most famous 'King - Of the Khyber Rifles are set during the British Raj in India. In early 1922, Mundy moved to San Diego, California and in late 1923 began writing perhaps his finest novel, Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley. Whilst much of Talbot's early life was used in his work it seems he was not particularly proud to return to these places or indeed say to much more about his earlier escapades. Although his writing was to prove very popular over the years and has been revived on many occasions since his death it is fair to say that both his writing and his life were colourful. He married a number of times and still believed that his business dealings would make him very rich. However much of his life would not go as planned and it took several marriages in the hope of finding true happiness. His sixth wife, Dawn, gave birth to a girl on 26 February 1933 shortly after their return to England. Unfortunately the child died shortly after birth. Thereafter he wrote little but much of his work was republished and his name kept in print. On 5 August 1940 Talbot Mundy died from complications associated with diabetes.

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“The gut of the pass rose toward Zeitoon at a sharp incline-a ramp of slippery wet clay, half a mile long, reaching across from buttress to buttress of the impregnable hills. It was more than a ridden mule could do to keep its feet on the slope, and we had to dismount. It was almost as much as we ourselves could do to make progress with the aid of sticks, and we knew at last what Kagig had meant by his boast that nothing on wheels could approach his mountain home. The poor wretches who had struggled so far with us simply gave up hope and sat down, proposing to die there.”
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Chapter 2 SALVETE!

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Chapter 3 A TIME AND TIMES AND HALF A TIME

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Chapter 4 WHERE TWO OR THREE

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Chapter 5 THE ROAD

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Chapter 6 THE PATTERAN

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Chapter 7 LAUS LACHRIMABILIS

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Chapter 8 LIBERA NOS, DOMINE!

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Chapter 9 LO HERE! LO THERE!

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Chapter 10 WITH NEW TONGUES

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Chapter 11 THESE LITTLE ONES

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Chapter 12 MALE AND FEMALE CREATED HE THEM

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Chapter 13 CUI BONO

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Chapter 14 TO-MORROW WE DIE

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Chapter 15 LO, THIS IS THE MAN-

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Chapter 16 THE REBEL'S HYMN

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Chapter 17 IT WAS VERY GOOD

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Chapter 18 AND DELILAH SAID-

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Chapter 19 AND HE WHO WOULD SAVE HIS LIFE SHALL LOSE IT

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Chapter 20 ICH DIEN

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Chapter 21 THOU LAND OF THE GLAD HAND

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Chapter 22 FRAGMENT

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Chapter 23 ARMENIA

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