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....from the scene of robbery  the bridge was some half a mile  away,  both of them  in a single line  started walking towards it with the stolen jersey cow,  so far so good  nobody  met them on the way,  this was a matter of satisfaction,  because it was  in their favor that nobody  saw them  with the cow or he could  testify  as a witness later  and then  afzal khan s  wrath would  destroy them , they were doing their best  to stay  unseen  and cross the bridge quickly with the  cow

Some hundred feet away from the bridge they both  were jolted to a halt, near the bridge  there stood a crowd,  both  robbers looked at each other   anxiously,  

Nawab Alam to shah ji it was  now a disconcerting  situation so many people  gathered  by the bridge 

Tahir was also worried,  the plan they made was foiled new problems  rose,  they couldn't get away  with the cow as the crowd stood there watching the bridge 

Tahir asked  the other to wait  in the thickets and he would  find out  what was going on,  the bride was broken  and the crowd was  waiting to repair it