"I will try," said the Hindoo, after a moment's pause. Then, in a loud voice, he called: "Haidee!"
The girl turned her eyes upon him.
"Yes," she answered.
"When you wake, meetoowah, you will remember that you are Margaret Manners."
"Yes."
"You will remember all, everything—Calcutta, your father, Captain Manners, your mother, your mother's brother, de rajah. But you forget Ben Ali, and you think no more of him. You understand?"
"Yes."
This, in a little different language, Ben Ali repeated several times.
"Now, young sahib," said he, "let me up till I wake Haidee."