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Updated: June 14, 2025
She was told to tell her that in an hour she was to be at the window next to the door. Rujub had found that the men inside the prison were those who had been employed as warders at the jail before the troubles began, and he had procured for Bathurst a dress similar to that which they wore, which was a sort of uniform.
It is evident that the Sepoys are not trusted to enter the prison, which is left entirely to the warders, the outside posts being furnished by some regiment in the lines. It is important to know the exact hour at which the changes are made, and perhaps you could find out tomorrow, Rujub, who these warders are; whether they are permanently on duty, or are relieved once a day."
"Openly I could for certain reasons do nothing, but I have said enough to make him feel uncomfortable about the future, and to render him anxious to find a way of escape for himself if your people should ever again get the mastery." "How are things going, Rujub? We have heard nothing for three weeks. How is it at Cawnpore?" "Cawnpore has been taken by the Nana.
"Yes; he will guarantee the lives of all the garrison, but he seemed to be afraid of what you might report to Nana Sahib." "I am the Nana's agent here," Rujub said; "I have been working with him for months. I would I could undo it all now. I was away when they surrendered at Cawnpore. Had I not been, that massacre would never have taken place, for I am one of the few who have influence with him.
It is an obscure art; but that some men do possess the power of influencing others at a distance seems to be undoubted, still it is certainly never carried to such perfection as I see it in your case." "It could not be," Rujub said; "white men eat too much, and it needs long fasting and mortification to fit a man to become a mystic; the spirit gains power as the body weakens.
The Sepoys are not our masters, and it is well they are not so; the Nana and the Oude chiefs have not taken up arms to free themselves from the English Raj to be ruled over by the men who have been the servants of the English." "That is so," the Zemindar said, stroking his beard; "well, I will talk with this person." Rujub left the tent. "You do not know me, Por Sing?"
"That is enough, Rujub," Bathurst said, for he felt Isobel lean back heavily against the hand which he held at the back of her chair, and felt sure that she had fainted. "Draw back the curtains, someone; I fancy this has been too much for Miss Hannay." The curtains were thrown back, and Mrs. Hunter, running in, brought out a lamp. The Doctor had already taken his place by Isobel's side.
The other shakes her head. She heard my words, but does not understand them." Rujub looked at Bathurst, who mechanically repeated the message in English. "Speak to her again. Tell her these words," and Rujub repeated the message in English. "Does she hear you?" "She hears me. She has clasped her hands, and is looking round bewildered." "That will do.
The first inquiry of Bathurst and his friends had been for Wilson, and they found to their great pleasure that he had arrived in safety, and had gone up with the little body of cavalry. Captain Forster, whom they next asked for, had not reached Allahabad, and no news had been heard of him. "What are you going to do, Rujub?" Bathurst asked the native next morning. "I shall go to Patna," he said.
At the door a small native cart was standing with a pony in the shafts. "You will go with us, Rhuman," Rujub said, as he and Bathurst took their seats in the cart. The boy squatted down at Rujub's feet, taking the reins and whip, and the pony started off at a brisk pace.
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