He soon returned.
"It is as I thought: no sentries are yet posted." "But that tower over the gate, Abdool, is a great deal too high for us to descend by that rope that you have got." "Yes, sahib.

We go out by an entrance on to a bastion, flanking the gate.

The rope will be long enough there or, at any rate, there will be but a very short drop." They entered the tower through the door communicating with the wall.

Abdool led the way.
"Keep close to me, sahib.

I went down here this morning, and can find my way in the dark.