The rajah read to them the draft of the treaty.

They too were visibly relieved; for they had talked the matter over with their father, on the evening before, and had agreed that, probably, he and his family would be kept as prisoners in a fortress, that the fortifications of the town would be destroyed, and some nominee of the British Government created rajah.
"The general has not said which of my sons is to be hostage ?" "No, Rajah, he left that to you.

I may say that he took the same view of your position as that which you, yourself, explained to me; namely, that you joined Holkar simply from the apprehension that, if the English were defeated by him, he would next turn his arms against you." "Which of you will go ?" the rajah asked his sons.
All expressed their willingness.
"Then I will choose my third son," he said to Harry; "the others will be more useful here." Harry rode out, early in the morning, with the news that the rajah accepted the terms offered to him.

In an hour the treaty was written out formally, the general affixing his signature.

Harry returned to the city, this time accompanied by a general officer, and both signed their names as witnesses to the rajah's signature.
Some bullock carts, with chests containing the three lakhs of rupees, were already in the courtyard; and with these and the rajah's third son, Harry returned to camp.
The army afterwards started to meet Scindia, who had advanced with his army, with the intention of joining Holkar and assisting the Rajah of Bhurtpoor.