Then the fever left him, and he lay weak and helpless as an infant.

Strong soups now took the place of the cooling drinks, and in a few days the native doctor was able to say, confidently, that the danger was passed, and that Hossein would recover.
In the meantime, the investigations of the rajah had brought to light the details of the conspiracy.

The wounded men had confessed that they were employed by three of the principal persons at the rajah's court, one of them being the rajah's brother.

The information, however, was scarcely needed; as it was found, in the morning, that their apartments were empty; they having fled with the men who had attacked the gates of the palace.

These consisted partly of soldiers whom they had bribed, and of desperadoes from the town, who had singly entered the fort during the day, and had been concealed in the apartments of the conspirators, until the signal for attack was given.
The intention of the conspirators was not only to kill the Englishman, but to dethrone the rajah, and install his brother in his place.