"That may be, but how are we to find out?"
"We shall have to depend on Luchman to open communication, for it is out of our power to do it ourselves."
"Here is another of the dogs; be ready for him, Harkins, and shoot first."
"I guess I won't be in a hurry," laughed the other, who, suspecting from the first the identity of the stranger, now saw that it was Luchman himself, that native rightly believing that his friends would do their best to reach the bungalow where they had parted from the others.
A minute or two was enough for each party to reach an understanding.
There was no time to lose. Day was breaking, and the mutineers and budmashes were growing altogether too numerous for comfort. The guide, therefore, quickly led the way back to the jungle, which, dark as it was, was easily threaded by him.
His companions kept close behind, and they had not gone far before their leader stopped.
"I think this is the spot, sahib," he said in a voice which despite its gentleness showed a marked tremor.
"I don't see how you can know, when everything is so indistinct. Helloa, friends! Where are you?"
Guarded as was the call of Avery, it was loud enough to be heard by any one within a radius of a hundred feet, but the listening ears caught no response.