[At the Point of the Bayonet by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookAt the Point of the Bayonet CHAPTER 19: Bhurtpoor 31/36
Of course in this, as in similar cases, we could deprive him of his dominions, and send him a prisoner to a fortress; but the Governor General is most anxious that this business should be concluded.
It has already cost us more men than we lost in the overthrow of Tippoo's power.
He has given me authority to negotiate a peace, if the rajah offers to surrender.
He has named the terms, approximately; and the rajah's treatment of you will certainly induce me to minimize the demands, as far as possible, especially as it is most important that the force shall be available elsewhere. "Of course, the grant of territory made to him will be rescinded. In the second place, we must, until all the terms of the treaty are fulfilled, retain the fortress of Deeg, which we shall garrison strongly.
The rajah must pay twenty lakhs of rupees towards our expenses.
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