But I did not dare.

Nor was there need.

The instant he spoke again I knew he saw clearer than I.
"Ye speak of the salt," said he.
"Aye!" said Gooja Singh.

"Aye, sahib! In the name of God be good to us! Whom else shall we follow ?" "Aye, sahib!" said the others.

"Put us to the test!" The lined-up regiment, that had been standing rigid, not at attention, but with muscles tense, now stood easier, and it might have been a sigh that passed among them.
"Then, until I release you for good behavior, you three-and-twenty shall be ammunition bearers," said Ranjoor Singh.