They are not more than half as strong as they were when they came down.

They are carrying eight or ten figures on their shoulders, on litters, or doors." "I don't see the cavalry," Surajah said, as he joined him.
"No.

It is likely enough that they may be in hiding among the huts opposite, and are waiting, in hopes that we may be foolish enough to take it for granted that they are all gone, and pull down the bars of the door.

I expect they will stay until they see our troop coming up the valley." They continued to look out from the window, from which they had now removed the bars.

Half an hour later, Dick exclaimed: "There they go, up that side of the valley.