We may calculate upon taking the sentry by surprise, as we did in the prison, and on silencing him at once; then we should have time to break up some cartridges, and pour the powder into the keyhole, which is sure to be a big one, make a slow match, and blow the lock open.

We could make the slow match before we start, if we had some water." "Shall I go down to the stream, and get some ?" "You have nothing to carry it up in, Surajah; and besides, someone might come along the valley." "We shall only want a little water.

I will take off my sash, and dip it in the stream; that will give us plenty, when it is wrung out." "At any rate, Surajah, we will do nothing until it is getting dusk.
See! There are some peasants, with three bullocks, coming down the valley, and there are four armed horsemen riding behind them.

We will go back to those bushes, a hundred yards behind us, and sleep there until sunset; then we will make our way down to that heap of boulders close to the stream, manufacture our slow match, and hide up there until it is time to start.

We want a rest, badly.