“I don’t think I shall ever try to stop a fellow coming on such a mission as this. Better let him have what he likes. But, I say: I shall keep that knife. He will not come to fetch it, will he?”
“If he does I hope I shall be awake so as to have a shot at him. My word, Dick, you have had an escape!”
“Well, don’t tell me so again; it sets a fellow thinking so.”
“All right.”
“I say, what time is it?” Wyatt looked at his watch.
“Half-past three. This is going to be a short night’s rest.”
Chapter XXVII.
A Disturbed Night.
Wyatt related the night’s experience to Hulton and the doctor over breakfast the next morning, and then the matter dropped, for there was plenty to think about and do.
The Rajah had to be consulted about the forming of a couple of well-drilled regiments of cavalry, as suggested by the general, and for whose disciplining the two sergeants were on their way.