I had meant to keep it entirely to myself, but I know that you and Anundee will keep my secret." "Assuredly we will.

I am not a man to talk of other people's affairs and, as to Anundee, you can trust her with your life." "Well, in the first place, I deceived you; or rather you deceived yourself, when you said, 'I see that you have been married;' but the children were here, and so I could not explain.

The infant is not mine.

It is the son of my dear master and mistress, both of whom were killed, three days ago, by bands--of which Sufder commanded one--who attacked them suddenly, by night." "What! Is the child white ?" Ramdass asked, in a tone of alarm.
"It is not white, because I have stained the skin; but it is the child of English parents.

I will tell you how it happened." And she related the instances of the attack upon the little camp, the death of her master and mistress, another white officer, and all their escort; told how she had hidden the child under the cover of the tent, how Sufder had saved her life, and her subsequent conversation with him regarding the child.
"Now, what do you intend to do with him, Soyera ?" "I intend to bring him up as my own.