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Opposite the Shah Nujeef white girls are playing on the lawn of that castellated building, for the Koorsheyd Munzil, on the top of which there was hoisted the British flag in the face of a feu d'enfer, is now a seminary for the daughters of Europeans.
Seeing him standing in front of a tent, Harry stopped the cart opposite to him and, leaving it, went up to him. "Where shall I unload the cart?" he asked. "I know nothing about it," the officer said. "Who has ordered it? The supply will be welcome enough, for we are very short of forage." Then, changing his tone, Harry said: "You do not know me, Nujeef. I am your friend, Puntojee."
"I will let him know, certainly, Puntojee; but there is little doubt that Balloba has his spies here, and it will be necessary to arrange that your meeting shall not be noticed. Do you sit down here by your cart, as if waiting for orders where to unload it. I will go across to Bajee's tent, and see him." Nujeef accordingly went over to the rajah's tent, and returned in a quarter of an hour.
"I saw you but a few times, but Rao Phurkay has often mentioned your name, to me, as being one who stood high in the confidence of my cousin Mahdoo. Nujeef tells me that you have a private communication to make to me; and indeed, I can well believe that. You would not thus disguise yourself, unless the business was important." "It is, Your Highness. Nana Furnuwees has received your message.
The loopholes stand as they were left by the mutineers when our fellows came bursting in through the ragged breach made in the reverse side from the main entrance by Peel's guns. Farther on that is, nearer to the Residency I come to the Shah Nujeef, with its strong exterior wall enclosing the domed temple in its centre.
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