He nodded, and then talked in a low voice to those around him, and told us to come again, that afternoon, when a letter would be given us to take to you." "Do you think that he means treachery ?" Harry asked.
"That we cannot say, my lord.

We have talked as we came down.

It seems to us that he could have nothing to gain by hindering you; but that perhaps he might detain you, in order to obtain a ransom for you from the lord of India." Harry had already enquired, from the chief of the town, as to the character of the rajah.
"He is feared, but not liked," the chief said.

"He knows that there are those who would prefer that the old family should reign again, and he has put many to death whom he has suspected as being favourable to this.

This is the reason why the tumangong, and other chiefs, have revolted against him.