They began to remember how he had stayed behind when we left India.

We had all seen him in disguise, in conversation with that German by the Delhi Gate.

We knew how busy he had been in the bazaars while the rumors flew.

And the trooper who had stayed behind with him, who had joined us with him at the very instant of the charge that night, died in the charge; so that there was none to give explanation of his conduct.

Ranjoor Singh himself was a very rock for silence.