Then you will not be cheated." The start for Tripataly was made at daybreak.

Dick and his mother drove, in an open carriage that had been hired for the journey.

The Rajah rode beside it, or cantered on ahead.

His escort followed the vehicle.

The luggage had been sent off, two days before, by cart.
The country as far as Arcot was flat, but everything was interesting to Dick; and when they arrived at the city, where they were to stop for the night at the house the Rajah had occupied on his way down, he sallied out, as soon as their meal was over, to inspect the fort and walls.