Lord Lake kindly offered to write a letter in your favour to the Government of Bombay, asking them to give you the charge of a village district, which would keep you in comfort." "I should not be comfortable if I were not with you, sahib." "Well, Abdool, we are going with the Bombay regiment which starts tomorrow, and shall travel through Central India to Surat.

There I shall leave them in the Concan, and cross the Ghauts to Jooneer, and pay a visit to Soyera, Ramdass, and Sufder, and see them all comfortably settled; and then go down to Bombay.

So we shall both have plenty of time to think it over." Accordingly the next morning Harry, after saying goodbye to all his friends, started.

The journey to Surat was nearly seven hundred miles, and was accomplished without incident.

On their arrival at Jowaur, they ascended the Ghaut to Trimbuck, and then rode to Jooneer, and another half hour took them to the farm.
Harry was received with delight by its occupants.