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Updated: May 17, 2025
We found, after you had gone, that the main Delhi road ran through the further skirts of the wood, so Manners suggested to Lieutenant Simmons that he should go with ten men and hide there, so that they could see who went along the road and perhaps intercept some messenger between Delhi and Nahdoor." "A capital idea," Major Warrener said.
Happily, however, by the will of Brahma, the bullet, instead of going through my skull, glanced off, and I was only stunned. I had lost much blood, but I determined to set out as soon as I could walk to bring you the news, and in the meantime have had a watch kept upon Nahdoor."
The two native guides, who had themselves served as soldiers in native regiments, consented willingly to perform their parts, and just at sunset the two officers and men rode off to Nahdoor, bearing the letter from the prince of Delhi to the rajah. There was high feasting in Nahdoor that night. The rajah had received with all honor the officers from Delhi.
Transport was hastily got together, and in the last week of May this force moved forward, while a brigade from Meerut advanced to effect a junction with it. With this latter force were Warrener's irregular horse, which had returned only the evening before the advance from its successful expedition to Nahdoor.
I did not break my promise to come and tell you; but as you see," and he pointed to the bandage which enveloped his head, "I was wounded, and am still ill." "But the girls?" asked Ned. "They have been carried off by the troops of the Rajah of Nahdoor." "How long since?" "Thursday, sahib." "How far off is Nahdoor?" "Ten miles, sahib." Major Warrener now took up the interrogation.
The rajah retired to his apartments, and his officers to their quarters; and although for another hour talking and laughing went on round the little fires in the courtyard, presently these too were hushed, and a profound stillness fell upon Nahdoor. Then, barefooted, the officers from Delhi stole out of their apartment and made for the outer wall.
In a few minutes the troop was in the saddle again, and directed its march toward Nahdoor. On the way Major Warrener questioned his guide as to the strength and position of the fortress, which lay away from the main road, and had not been visited by any of the troop as the major had ascertained before starting. The account was not reassuring.
The troop halted in a wood three miles from Nahdoor; as the guide said that there was no place nearer where they could be concealed without a certainty of discovery.
"How is the one who was ill?" "She was better, and was getting stronger again when they carried her off." "Do you think they are still at Nahdoor? or that they have been sent into Delhi?" "They are still there," the Hindoo said. "I have sent a man each day to watch, so that directly I got better I might be able to tell you the truth of the matter.
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