There was no occasion for haste, and they prepared for rest until the heat of the day was passed.
"We are fairly off now, Surajah," Dick said, as he stretched himself out comfortably.

"I have been thinking of this almost as long as I can remember, and can hardly believe that it has come to pass." "I have thought of it but a short time, my lord." "No, no, Surajah," Dick interrupted.

"You know it was arranged that, from the first, you were to call me Purseram, for unless you get accustomed to it, you will be calling me 'my lord' in the hearing of others." "I had forgotten," Surajah replied with a smile, and then went on.

"It is but a short time since I was sure I was going with you, but I have ever hoped that the time would come when, instead of the dull work of drilling men and placing them on guard, I might have the opportunity of taking part in war and adventure, and indeed had thought of asking my lord, your uncle, to permit me to go away for a while in one of the Company's regiments, and there to learn my business.

Since the English have become masters, and there is no longer war between rajah and rajah, as there used to be in olden times, this is the only way that a man of spirit can gain distinction.