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Updated: May 26, 2025
The rajah had ordered his own dress to be brought to him, and he now put it on, telling Reginald that he had come to the resolution of visiting his palace as soon as darkness would allow of his passing through the streets unobserved, and appealing to the loyalty of his guards, who would, he supposed, be found at their old quarters, the usurper, Mukund Bhim, he had learned from the byraghee, still residing at his own palace.
The rajah inquired the cause. The officer in command answered that they had met a person who had brought tidings from the city. "Let me hear his report," said the rajah; and a man, looking more like a wild beast than a human being, advanced from among the horsemen. He was a byraghee, or religious mendicant.
If your highness would condescend to disguise yourself as one of them, they would consent to your entering among them, trusting to your generosity for the reward you would bestow should you succeed." The rajah, after considering the matter, agreed to the proposal of the byraghee.
Thus your friends are disheartened; but if you were to appear among them, to show that you are still alive, they would regain their courage and fight bravely in your cause." "But how to get among them, is the difficulty," observed the rajah. "Tell me, byraghee, are the gates closed?" "Not only closed, but strongly guarded," answered the mendicant.
The man's little bleared eyes twinkled as he came up to Reginald, whom he appeared at once to recognise. "You can be trusted, I see," said Reginald. "You will receive a handsome reward if you faithfully perform the service I require of you." "Say what it is, sahib, and you shall be obeyed," responded the byraghee.
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