Wyatt sprang to the window, and at a word the sergeant rode close up.
“An orderly at once to Captain Hulton,” he cried. “Every man to turn out and gallop here with the guns.”
That was enough.
As he turned back, it was to see the doctor bending over the Rajah and the two ministers making for the door.
“Arrest those men,” cried Wyatt to the two guards.
“Arrest those men,” cried Wyatt to the two guards.
“They will not obey,” thought Dick; but, to his surprise, they faced round, drawn sword in hand, and placed themselves before the two officials, whose dark countenances looked wild and strange.
Meanwhile the doctor had passed round behind the Rajah’s chair, taken up and raised Dick’s untouched glass to his lips, tasted, and spat out the wine. Then, filling a glass with water, he half forced the Rajah to drink again and again, in spite of the agony he seemed to be in.