Hurpaul Sing fled and returned to his fort of Kupragow.

The Lady Sogura escaped, and presented herself again to the Court of Lucknow, under better auspices; and orders were sent to Maun Sing, and all the military authorities, to restore her to the possession of her estate, and seize or destroy Hurpaul Sing.

In alarm Hurpaul Sing then released the mother of the Lady Sogura, and prepared to fly.
Maun Sing sent confidential persons to him to say, that he had been ordered by the Court of Lucknow to confer upon him a dress of honour or condolence, on the death of his two lamented brothers, and should do so in person the next day.

Hurpaul Sing was considered one of the bravest men in Oude, but he was then sick on his bed, and unable to move.

He received the message without suspicion, being anxious for some small interval of repose; and willing to believe that common interests and pursuits had united him and Maun Sing in something like bonds of friendship.
Maun Sing came in the afternoon, and rested under a banyan-tree, which stood opposite the gateway of the fort.