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The cordon of sentries had apparently been withdrawn; but when Daleham climbed up on the barricade to get a better view a shot was fired from somewhere and a bullet tore up the ground before the bungalow. A couple of hours dragged slowly by; and then a servant doing sentry on the front verandah reported a cloud of dust on the road from the forest leading to the village.

Distrusting Chunerbutty, as he did everyone about him, he had sent for Narain Dass, whom he knew as one of the Dewan's agents, and given him the task of executing his original design of carrying off Miss Daleham. To the Bengali's subtle mind had occurred the idea of making the outrage seem the work of Bhuttia raiders. But for Dermot's prompt pursuit his plan would have been crowned with success.

He looked over the barricade. Chunerbutty came nearer and shouted: "Daleham, the Rajah gives you one more chance to surrender. You see your case is hopeless. You can have a quarter of an hour to think things over. If at the end of that time you and your sister don't come out, we'll rush the bungalow and finish you all." Standing under the white flag he drew out his watch.

Sher Afzul, wake up the others and tell them to be on their guard. Give me that rifle, Daleham." So Noreen did not see her lover again until the sun rose on a scene of desolation and ruin. Smoke and sparks still came from the blackened heaps of the destroyed buildings.

"Oh, yes, lots of the ignorant, uneducated lower class do," replied the atheistical Brahmin. "Durgá is the favourite deity. Her husband and Krishna and old Brahma are back numbers. The fact is that the common people are afraid of Kali. They think she can do them such a lot of harm." "What does the festival consist of, old chap?" asked Daleham. "What do the Hindus do?"

You were right about him, Major; and I was a fool.... Is it true you've been attacked up in Ranga Duar?" he continued. "Are you wounded, Major Dermot?" broke in the girl anxiously. "No, Miss Daleham. I'm quite safe and sound." Then he told them briefly what had happened. When he had finished he asked them when the trouble began at Malpura. "Three days ago," replied Fred.

"Good morning, Miss Daleham. Just back from your ride with Fred, I suppose?" The newcomer was the engineer of the estate. The staff of the tea-garden of Malpura consisted of three persons, the manager, a hard-drinking old Welshman called Parry; the assistant manager, Daleham; and this man. As a rule the employees of these estates are Europeans. Chunerbutty was an exception.

He's quite able to take care of himself," replied Dermot grimly. "Now, Daleham, please take me round the house and show me the defences; and we'll arrange about the roster of sentry-duty with the servants. Please excuse me, Miss Daleham." Through the weary night the two men, when not taking their turn on guard, sat and talked with Noreen in the drawing-room.

"But I say, Major," cried a planter, "who the devil were the lot that attacked you?" "I'm hanged if I know," Dermot answered. "I have been inclined to believe them to be a gang of political dacoits, probably coming to meet the Bhuttias and take Miss Daleham from them, but in that case they would have been young Brahmins and better armed.

Still thinking of him she fell asleep. And Dermot? Truth to tell, his thoughts dwelt longer on Chunerbutty and Narain Dass than on Miss Daleham. He liked the girl, admired her nature, her unaffected and frank manner, her kind and sunny disposition.

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