'You are right, Ganesh, I am impatient. But what is that to you? I sent for you because I wish you to guide me at once to Dost Ali Khan's camp.'
'Dost Ali Khan, your Highness!' Ganesh's eyes were fixed on Hoosanee.
'Are you afraid that Hoosanee should hear the name of your friend?' said Tom.
'Why should I fear?' answered Ganesh boldly. 'My heart is white. Does his Highness wish that Hoosanee shall accompany us?'
'If it is his desire.'
'My lord knows,' said Hoosanee, 'what my desire is.'
'You would go without me, but that is impossible. And now, without any more loss of time, to our arrangements. Ganesh, how far is the camp from this?'
'It is not to a camp; it is to a fort that I am desired to take your Highness.'
'Where is it situated?'
'My lord will forgive me. I am forbidden to say. This I may tell him, that it is only one day's journey from the boundaries of Gumilcund.'