There is not the least fear of Tippoo being here for another fortnight, at the earliest.
"I shall ride with the troop.

Dick and the boys will go with me.

We shall meet you at Conjeveram.

I have already arranged with some of our people, who have gone on in their bullock carts, with their belongings, and will unload them there, to be in readiness to take our goods on to Madras, so there will be no delay in getting forward." By nightfall, the apartments were completely dismantled.

The furniture was all stowed away, in a vault which the Rajah had had constructed for the purpose, when the palace was rebuilt.