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the likeliest place but they are bare. Three corners of the room are empty, and in the fourth the servants are waiting to serve the next course. There is only one place left under the table. His first impulse is to jump back and warn the others, but he knows the motion would frighten the cobra into striking. He speaks quickly, the tone of his voice so manding that it silences everyone. I want to know just what control everyone at this table has. I will count three hundred that39。s five minutes and not one of you is to move a muscle. Those who move will forfeit 50 rupees. Ready? The 20 people sit like stone images while he counts. He is saying ...two hundred and eighty... when, out of the corner of his eye, he sees the cobra emerge and make for the bowl of milk. Screams ring out as he jumps to slam the veranda doors safely shut. You were right