The pagoda and palace are the only stone buildings in it.

They did some harm to the former, last time, by firing shot at it for a day or two; and, as you can see for yourself, no attempt has since been made to repair it, and I do not suppose they will trouble to damage it further.
"So you see, Dick, we are prepared for the worst." "Will you fight again, as you did last time, Uncle ?" "I do not know, Dick.

I show my loyalty to the English rule by repairing to the capital; but my force is too small to render much service.

You see, my revenues have greatly diminished, and I cannot afford to keep up so large a force as my father could.

Fortunately, his savings had been considerable, and from these I was able to build this palace, and to succour my people, and have still enough to keep up my establishment here, without pressing the cultivators of the soil for taxes.