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At the Point of the Bayonet

CHAPTER 6: In The Company's Service
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I shall have to take to dyeing my skin again, which is a nuisance, but it cannot be helped.

I shall take with me three or four different disguises, and get you to do the shopping for me.

I wish to have them by this evening, as I shall start in the morning, early.
"I shall get leave to take my soldier servant, Abdool, with me.

He is a sharp fellow, and may be useful.

I shall have to buy a pony for him." "What sort of disguises do you want ?" "One is that of a native soldier." "That is easy enough, as it differs but little from the ordinary Mahratta's dress." "One would certainly be the attire of a trader, in good circumstances.


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