I judged that what Ranjoor Singh most needed was a silent servant who would watch and obey the first hint.

Just as I had watched him in battle and had herded the men for him to lead, so would I do now.

There should be deeds, not words, for the foundation of a new beginning.
In the second place, sahib, I knew full well that if Gooja Singh or any of the others could have persuaded me to advance an opinion it would have been pounced on, and changed out of all recognition, yet named my opinion nevertheless.

This altered opinion they would presently adopt, yet calling it mine, and when the outcome of it should fail at last to please them they would blame me.

For such is the way of the world.