You will have an apartment assigned to you here, and be treated as my guest; only, do not venture to leave the palace--at least, unless you leave it with me.

There are many who have lost friends at Deeg, many who may lose their lives before your army retires, and I could not answer for your safety.

Would you like this native officer to be with you ?" "I should esteem it a great favour, Rajah.

He has been with me for several years, and I regard him as a friend.

Thank you, also, for your courtesy to me." "You will give your promise not to try to escape ?" As Harry believed that, in the course of a short time, the British would be masters of the town, he assented without hesitation.
The rajah looked pleased.
"You need be under no uneasiness as to your troopers.