On arriving at that time, he was shown into the prince's private apartment, and there explained to him the Governor General's desire that he should join the confederacy between the Nizam and the English.
"I have no quarrel with Tippoo," the rajah said.

"At present, none can say how the affair will end.

All say that the Peishwa has agreed to assist Tippoo.

He is a match, and more, for the Nizam; while we know not whether the English company, or Tippoo, is the strongest.

Should I remain neutral, the Peishwa and Tippoo might eat me up." "That is true, Rajah; but you must remember that, in the last war, the English showed that they were much stronger than Tippoo; and he was glad to make peace with them, by giving up nearly half his territories.