[At the Point of the Bayonet by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookAt the Point of the Bayonet CHAPTER 5: Down To Bombay 8/28
I will bring a good horse with me.
If you will run out when you hear the uproar, I will ride up with the spare horse.
You will leap on to its back, and we can gallop off." "You are a brave fellow, Puntojee, and I thank you heartily for your offer; but, happily, I stand in no need of it.
I have gained Ghatgay over, and he will linger here until we hear that Balloba has been arrested, and that Nana Furnuwees is approaching Poona. Believe me, I shall never forget your offer, or the fidelity that has prompted it; and when I am established as Peishwa you shall, if it pleases you, have any post at court you may desire." "I thank you much, Prince; but I am an officer of Nana, and know that, in acting as I have done, I am acting in his interest, as well as yours.
I am glad that the necessity for making an attack upon the camp is obviated.
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