42/48 Where Colonel Maxwell's force is, I have no idea. It marched to join General Meadows, on the day we came up here. We had nothing, yesterday, but a few cakes made of flour and water; and have had nothing at all, since." "All right, lad. I will be ready almost as soon as breakfast is." After the meal was over, the Rajah lit his hookah, and said: "You must go through the story again, this evening, Dick. You cut short some of the details, as you told it to me on the road, and I want to understand it all thoroughly. |