Wide as it may be, there must be many points that will not feel it." "That is the true reason," said her parent, "but, confound it! I have lived in this spot for twenty years; the little town of Akwar lies near, and there is hardly a person in it who has not been my patient.
I am known even in Meerut and Delhi, and I can hardly believe the mutineers, for such they seem to be, will harm me or my friends." "You once told me," replied Mary, "that when an appeal was made to the religion of this people they knew no such thing as fear or mercy." "And I told you the truth," said her father gravely.

"But since we have weapons and plenty of ammunition, and know how to handle the firearms we shall not be led like lambs to the slaughter." "That is true enough," said Jack, "but it will be of little avail, when our enemies are numbered by the hundred and perhaps the thousand." "I take it, then, that you favor an abandonment of our home ?" "I do, and with the least possible delay." "And you, my daughter, are you of the same mind ?" "I am," was the emphatic response.
"Then my decision is that we shall start for the interior and stay there until it is safe to show ourselves again among these people, provided it ever shall be safe." "When shall you start ?" The parent looked at the sky.
"It is two or three hours to nightfall.

We will set out early to-morrow morning before the sun is high in the sky." "But will we not be more liable to discovery ?" asked Jack.
"Not if we use care.

I am familiar with the country for miles in every direction.

We shall have to travel for the first two or three days through a thick jungle, and it is too dangerous work to undertake in the night-time.