I am convinced that the governor would save his life, if he could do so; though, on the other hand, he would, I am sure, carry out any order he might receive from Tippoo.

Of course, he may not be in charge of a fort now, and may have been appointed colonel of one of the regiments.

However, it is always better to hope that things will come as you wish them, however unlikely it may seem that they will do so.

We have been living on hope here, though the chances of our ever being released were small, indeed.

Of course, we did not even know that Tippoo and the English were at war, until we heard that an English army was besieging Bangalore; and even then we all felt that, even if Tippoo were beaten and forced to make peace, it would make no difference to us.