[Forty-one years in India by Frederick Sleigh Roberts]@TWC D-Link bookForty-one years in India CHAPTER XX 30/32
Their astonishment first became known when they were repulsed by the 75th Foot, and were heard to say to one another, '_Arrah bhai! ye Diliwhale hain!_' (I say, brother! these are the fellows from Delhi!). We halted at Agra on the 11th, 12th, and 13th October, partly to rest the men and transport animals, but chiefly on account of the difficulty we had in getting out of the clutches of the North-West Provinces Government, the local authorities not caring to be left to their own resources.
Our wounded were taken to the fort, and lodged in the Moti Masjid,[10] which exquisite little building had been turned into a hospital.
The men were well taken care of by the ladies, who seemed to think they could never do enough for the Delhi column. I now for the first time saw the lovely Taj Mahal--that beautiful, world-famed memorial of a man's devotion to a woman, a husband's undying love for a dead wife.
I will not attempt to describe the indescribable.
Neither words nor pencil could give to the most imaginative reader the slightest idea of the all-satisfying beauty and purity of this glorious conception.
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