His confreres appreciated the danger in which their power stood.

They announced that it was decreed to give the queen a respite of seven days in which to yield.

It would at least hold the bold troopers on the leash till they could be brought to see the affair in its true light by the way of largess in rupees.

Umballa consented because he was at the bottom of the sack.

A priest read from a scroll the law, explaining that no woman might rule unmarried.
Because the young queen was not conversant with the laws of the state she would be given seven days.