"Would that your people could behold you now! But we have much to see first.

To-morrow we go to Lucknow." Accordingly the two men travelled the next day to Lucknow.

Shere Ali was led up under the broken archway by Evans's Battery into the grounds of the Residency.

He walked with Ahmed Ismail at his elbow on the green lawns where the golden-crested hoopoes flashed in the sunlight and the ruined buildings stood agape to the air.

They looked peaceful enough, as they strolled from one battery to another, but all the while Ahmed Ismail preached his sermon into Shere Ali's ears.