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Our white undergarments would betray us at once, if any Ashantis came upon us. For my part, my colour is not so very different from theirs." "Yes, perhaps that would be better. I must rub some over my face, as well." "I do not care, for myself, sahib; we Sikhs are not afraid to die; but after your goodness to me, I would do anything to save you." "What is your name?" "Pertab, sahib."

For the last mile he had had three torches burning in front, so that he should not overlook the signs he had made on the trees. "There it is, sergeant," he said, at last, "two slashes; the other one is on the left, fifty yards on." They turned off when they came to this. "Here we are, all right, Pertab!" Lisle said, as they came to the tree. "Allah be praised!" the man said, faintly.

I was given no answer until I had asked repeatedly, and then it was explained how that had been a rumor sent abroad to stir Islam; to us, on the other hand, nothing but truth was told. So I asked, was it true that our Prince Pertab Singh had been hanged, and they told me yes. I asked them where, and they said in Delhi. Yet I knew that Pertab Singh was all the while in London.

This was the allegorical representation, so general all over Mewar, of Rana Pertab charging a Mogul prince mounted on an elephant. Thus Hunsa had seen the tall Patan and heard him make the request for an audience with Amir Khan. It was the walk, the slight military precision, that caused the decoit to mutter, "No hill Afghan that."

These included the veteran Sir Pertab Singh, regent of Jodhpur; Sir Ganga Bahadur, Maharajah of Bikanir, and Sir Bhupindra Singh, Maharajah of Patiala.

"We will take two stretchers," the sergeant a splendid man; standing, like most of his companions, well over six feet said, "and you shall walk as far as you are able, and then we will carry you. When will you march, sahib?" "I am going to get something to eat and drink first and, if you will fall in, in half an hour I will be with you again." "Where is Pertab wounded, sahib?"

It would be a thousand times better to die, than be taken captive and tortured to death." "Good, sahib! I will use my bayonet, myself; but I don't think there will be any occasion for that." "I shall certainly die fighting. I would rather not be taken alive, Pertab; and shall certainly fight till I am killed, or can take my own life." "Do you think that the troops will be marched away, sahib?"

I had rejoined the 3rd Brigade on the morning of the 21st, and in the evening availed myself of an escort, which was proceeding across the valley, to ride over and see General Elles's brigade. The mobilisation of the Mohmand Field Force was marked by the employment, for the first time, of the Imperial Service Troops. The Maharaja of Patiala, and Sir Pertab Singh, were both with the force.

He had the volatile temperament of a Latin, and now he turned to the Minister, his face having undergone a complete metamorphosis: "Dewani," he said, "do you remember when a certain raja sent his Prime Minister and twenty thousand men to punish Pertab for not paying his taxes, and Pertab gave one Bhart, a Bagree, ten thousand rupees and a village to bring him the Minister's head which he did, tied to the inside of his brass-studded shield?"

"The Germans said," said I, "that their armies are outside Paris that India is in rebellion that Pertab Singh was hanged in Delhi that the British rule in India has been altogether selfish that our wives and children have been butchered by the British in cold blood. The Germans," said I, "have told us very many things." "Then," said he, "you counsel us to follow Ranjoor Singh?"