Besides, how could the son of our dear captain go as a private ?" "I do not object to go as a private, risaldar.

Of course I should stain myself and, in uniform, it is not likely that any of the white officers would notice a strange face." "But you would have to eat with the others, to mix with them as one of themselves, to suffer all sorts of hardships." "All that is nothing," Lisle said.

"I have been with the regiment so long that I know all the ways of the men, and I don't think that I should be likely to make any mistake that would attract their attention.

As to the language, I know it perfectly." "I hardly dare do such a thing, sahib.

If you were discovered on the march, the colonel and officers would be very angry with me." "Even if I were discovered, it need not be known that you had assisted me, risaldar.