“Try and speak to her. Say, 'Keep up your courage, we are doing what we can.' Speak, I order you.”
“I have spoken.”
“Did she hear you?”
“Yes. She has raised herself on her arm; she is looking round; she has asked the other young lady if she heard anything. 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. Now go outside into the yard; what do you see there?”
“I see eight men sitting round a fire. One gets up and walks to one of the grated windows, and looks in at the prisoners.”