He had again painted caste marks on his face, which completely changed his appearance.
Telling the guard that he had come from Bombay, and had a message for Colonel Palmer, he was shown in.
"You bring a message for me ?" the colonel said, shortly; for he was, at the time, writing a despatch.
"Yes, sir," Harry answered, in Mahratti.

"I have come to be your assistant." "Then you are Mr.Lindsay!" the Resident exclaimed, dropping his pen and rising to his feet.

"I received a despatch, yesterday, saying that you were coming.

Of course, I remember you now, having seen you on the day I came up here; but your dress is altogether different, and the expression of your face seems so changed." "That is the result of my having adopted different caste marks, larger than they were before, with lines that almost cover my forehead." "I did not expect you to come in disguise." "The Governor thought, Colonel, that I might be of greater service, in finding out what was passing in the town, and in going elsewhere, were I to come up as a native.

To an officer of the Residency, all parties would keep their lips sealed." "I thoroughly agree with you," the Resident said.