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'One hour's guard in every four was each man's burden, for, as I have shown, they were but four all told; and the honour of Our Armies in Hind was on their heads. The Sahibs could draw upon all the armies in England for the other watchers thousands upon thousands of fresh men if they needed; but these four were but four. 'The Sahibs drew upon the Granadeers for the other watchers.
'They are bull-necked, too; and their stocks are hard, and when they bend deeply deeply to match the Granadeers they come nigh to choking themselves. That was a handicap against them, when it came to the observance of ritual. 'Yet even with their tall, grief-declaring bearskins, the Granadeers could not endure the full hour's guard in the Presence.
Granadeers be very tall men under very tall bearskins, such as Fusilier regiments wear in cold weather. Thus, when a Granadeer bowed his head but a very little over his stock, the bearskin sloped and showed as though he grieved exceedingly. Now the Goorkhas wear flat, green caps 'I see, I see, said the Subadar-Major impatiently.
There was good cause, as I will show, why no man could endure that terrible hour. So for them the hour's guard was cut to one-half. What did it matter to the Sahibs? They could draw on ten thousand Granadeers. Forsyth Sahib, who had comprehension, put this choice also before the four, and they said, "No, ours is the Honour of the Armies of Hind.
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