EX-KING OF AFGHANISTAN

At that moment Amanullah sat in his tent in the
valley near Jallalabad, and bowed his head in disappoint-
ment. He must have seen the beginning of the end.
The pretence was over* He had lost a gamble which
was bound to finish in one way only. At that moment
he must have tasted a bitterness specially reserved for
the leaders of men who find their trust betrayed. His
still-youthful hopes were dashed to the ground. His
misery was only increased in proportion to the ideals he
had fostered.

And he had been an ambitious man.

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