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Updated: June 14, 2025
The relief was so great that Bathurst turned away, unable for a while to continue the conversation. When he resumed the talk, he asked, "Did you see them yourself, Rujub?" "I saw them, sahib; they were brought in on a gun carriage." "How did they look, Rujub?" "The old one looked calm and sad. She did not seem to hear the shouts of the budmashes as they passed along.
He was now attired as he had been when Bathurst last met him at Deennugghur. "I feel another man, Rujub, and fit for anything." "The cart is ready," Rujub said. "I have already taken my meal; we do not eat meat, and live entirely on vegetables. Meat clouds the senses, and simple food, and little of it, is necessary for those who would enter the inner brotherhood."
Bathurst, who, during his walk, had felt the effects of the loss of blood and anxiety, at once seated himself at the table and ate, at first languidly, but as appetite came, more heartily, and felt still more benefited by a bottle of excellent wine Rujub had placed beside him. The latter returned to the room just as he had finished.
In a little time it ceased altogether, and he leaned against the wall as if drowsy; then he slid down in a sitting position, his musket falling to the ground. "You can come along now," Rujub said; "he is fast asleep, and there is no fear of his waking. He will sleep till I bid him wake." They at once moved forward to the wall of the house.
The drive was not a long one, and the road was full of parties going to or returning from Bithoor groups of Sepoy officers, parties of budmashes from Cawnpore, mounted messengers, landowners with their retainers, and others. Arriving within a quarter of a mile of the palace, Rujub ordered the boy to draw aside. "Take the horse down that road," he said, "and wait there until we return.
"I will go in," Rujub said, "and bring some grain, and hear what the news is." He returned in an hour. "The English have taken Dong," he said; "the news came in two hours ago. There has been some hard fighting; the Sepoys resisted stoutly at the village, even advancing beyond the inclosures to meet the British.
I never do it unless I feel that he is propitious." "It is beyond me altogether, Rujub; I can understand your power of sending messages, and of your daughter seeing at a distance. I have heard of such things at home; they are called mesmerism and clairvoyance.
Then they started at a quick walk along the river, crossed by the ferryboat to Cawnpore, and made their way to a quiet street in the native town. "This is my house for the present," Rujub said, producing a key and unlocking a door. He shouted as he closed the door behind him, and an old woman appeared. "Is the meal prepared?" he asked. "It is ready," she said. "That is right.
Not another word was spoken until they entered the wood. "Where is the river, Rujub?" "A few hundred yards to the left, sahib; the road is half a mile to the right. We shall be quite safe here." They made their way for some little distance into the wood, and then laid down their burden.
This road keeps near the river all the way, and we are not likely to meet Sepoys here, as it is by the other road the white troops are coming up." After four hours' walking, Rujub said, "There is a large wood just ahead. We will go in there. We are far enough off Cawnpore to be safe from any parties they may send out to search.
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