"I can admit no one, until I have received his orders to do so." "How long will it be before we receive an answer ?" "An hour and a half, at the earliest.

I regret that your Excellencies will be inconvenienced, but my orders are absolute." "I do not blame you," Surajah replied.

"It is necessary that you should always be vigilant;" and they retired under the shade of a tree, a hundred and fifty yards from the gate.
Ibrahim spread out the rugs, and then proceeded to light the fire, and to prepare a pillau of rice and fowl, while Dick and his companion regarded the rock with fixed attention, and conversed together as to the possibility of ascending at any of the points so steep as to be left undefended by walls.

They concluded, at last, that it would be next to impossible to climb the rock anywhere on the side that faced them, save by scaling several walls.
They had just finished their luncheon when the gate opened, and an officer and four soldiers issued out.

They at once rose, and went to meet them.
"I have the governor's order to admit you, on the production of the sultan's pass." Surajah produced the document.