[At the Point of the Bayonet by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookAt the Point of the Bayonet CHAPTER 1: A Faithful Nurse 21/31
Time will show.
As a woman of the Mahrattas, I trust that day will never come; but as one who knows the English, I have my fears.
Of one thing I am sure, that were they masters here, the cultivators would be vastly better off than they are at present." Ramdass laughed. "What do you think of my sister's opinions, Anundee ?" "I do not know what to think," the young woman said; "but Soyera has seen much, and is a wise woman, and what she says are no idle words.
To us it seems impossible, when we know that the Mahrattas can place a hundred thousand horsemen in the field; but I own that, from what we know of the English, it might be better for people like us to have such masters." "And now, Soyera," Ramdass said, when he returned from his work in the evening, "tell us more about yourself.
First, how did you learn where I was living ?" "I learned it from the wife of our cousin Sufder." "How did you fall in with him ?" "Well, I must tell you something.
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