"What is it?" cried he, eagerly.
"That you should hire or buy a cart, and travel in it, at any rate, for a few marches; my brother has his zenana with him, and you could not be discovered; no one would dare to search a cart which held females."
"By Alla, it is a rare plan!" said the man; "I wonder it never entered into my head. Yet, cart I have none; and how to get one without giving a clue to my flight——"
"Do not distress yourself about it," said Bhudrinath; "furnish us with the money—about one hundred rupees will be enough—and I will go and purchase one, and account to you for whatever may be over."
"And my camels, and horses, and servants," said the man, "what can be done with them?"
"How many of them are there?" I asked.
"There are two camels and two horses; and I have three or four servants, whom I wish to accompany me."
"Then send them all to our camp at night," said I; "they will not be seen, and if necessary they can be sent on a march."
"You are a ready-witted people," cried he, "and what has cost me days and nights of anxiety, you have settled satisfactorily in a few moments. Now I clearly see there is no time to be lost; and I go to bring the money, and give directions to my people." So he left us.