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Rujub went every day for some hours to Bithoor, and told Bathurst that he heard that the British force, of about fourteen hundred whites and five hundred Sikhs, was pushing forward rapidly, making double marches each day.
Presently they turned and left the window, and in a leisurely way walked across the court and entered a room where a light was burning close to the grate. For two or three minutes Rujub stood in the same position, then his arms dropped. "They have gone into the guard room to sleep," he said; "there are two less to trouble you."
"They are evidently pretty strict," Bathurst said. "I don't think, Rujub, there is much chance of our doing anything there." Rujub shook his head. "No, sahib, it is clear they have strict orders about opening and shutting the gate." "It would not be very difficult to scale the wall of the house," Bathurst said, "with a rope and a hook at its end; but that is only the first step.
Rabda can take the two corners at the feet. We can change about when we like." Isobel had lost greatly in weight since the siege of Deennugghur began, and she was but a light burden for her three bearers, who started with her at a speed considerably greater than that at which she had walked. "Which way are you taking us, Rujub?" Bathurst asked presently; "I have lost my bearings altogether."
Rujub several times urged Bathurst to go faster, but the girl hung more and more heavily on his arm. "I can't go any farther," she said at last; "it is so long since I walked, and I suppose I have got weak. I have tried very hard, but I can scarcely drag my feet along. You had better leave me; you have done all you could to save me. I thank you so much. Only please leave a pistol with me.
Rujub said. "I have done what I said, and have brought him straight to you. That was all I had to do with it; the rest is for your highness." "I would rather that you should be present," Por Sing said, as Rujub turned to withdraw. "No," the latter replied; "in this matter it is for you to decide. I know not the Nana's wishes, and your highness must take the responsibility.
Upon the way Rujub talked of various matters, of the reports of the force that was gathering at Allahabad, and the madness of the British in supposing that two or three thousand men could withstand the forces of the Nana. "They would be eaten up," he said; "the troops will go out to meet them; they will never arrive within sight of Cawnpore."
When Bathurst ceased, a hubbub of voices arose, the Sepoy officers protesting that the surrender should be made to them. It was some minutes before anything like quietness was restored, and then one of the officers said, "Here is Rujub; he speaks in the name of Nana. What does he say to this?" Rujub, who was handsomely attired, stepped forward.
I have seemed to hear voices speaking to me, though no one was there, and no one else heard them; and I am not sure whether all this is not fancy now." "It is reality, Miss Hannay. Take my hand and you will see that it is solid. The voices you heard were similar to those I heard at Deennugghur; they were messages I sent you by means of Rujub and his daughter."
Rujub said, and the colors on the smoke changed. Bathurst saw a wall surrounding a courtyard. On one side was a house. It had evidently been besieged, for in the upper part were many ragged holes, and two of the windows were knocked into one. On the roof were men firing, and there were one or two women among them. He could see their faces and features distinctly.
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