Answer:
"Now, if I kill him here, Nagalna will know, and if I fight him on the open floor, the odds are in his favor. What am I to do?" said Rikki-tikki-tavi.
Nag waved to and fro, and then Rikki-tikki heard him drinking from the biggest water-jar that was used to fill the bath. "That is good," said the
snake. "Now, when Karalt was killed, the big man had a stick. He may have that stick still, but when he comes in to bathe in the morning he will
not have a stick.
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