"This young scamp, instead of going down to Calcutta, left the convoy after it had marched a mile or two.

Gholam Singh was in the secret, and had furnished him with the uniform and rifle of a man who had died, the day before.

He put this on and marched boldly in.

The other native officers of the company were in the secret, and gave out to the men that this was a new recruit, a cousin of the man we had just lost.
"Under that title he has passed through the campaign; living with the soldiers, sharing all their hardships; and being, for a time at least, altogether unsuspected of being aught but what he appeared.
Gholam Singh said that his conduct was excellent; that he was a great favourite, with the men, for the good humour with which he bore the hardships.

He was with Beynon and Moberley, and showed great pluck and steadiness in picking off several of the enemy, as they fled.
"Fortunately, Moberley overheard him mutter to himself in English, and so the matter came out.