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At the Point of the Bayonet

CHAPTER 7: An Act Of Treachery
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And indeed, now that Nana Furnuwees is a prisoner, it does not seem to me that there can be anything special to do, until some change takes place in the situation, and Scindia either openly assumes supreme power, or marches away with his army." That evening, Harry's room was crowded with visitors.

The news of the treacherous arrest of Nana Furnuwees excited the liveliest interest; and was received with very much regret, as Nana was considered the only honest man of all the ministers of the native princes, and to be friendly disposed towards the British; and all saw that his fall might be followed by an important change in the attitude of the Mahrattas.
Two days later, Harry returned to Poona.

The next eighteen months passed without any very prominent incidents.

In order to furnish Scindia with money to pay his troops, and to be in a position to march away, Bajee Rao agreed that Ghatgay should, as Scindia's minister, raise contributions in Poona.

Accordingly, a rule of the direst brutality and cruelty took place.


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