[At the Point of the Bayonet by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookAt the Point of the Bayonet CHAPTER 8: Nana's Release 19/31
You will have a week before you, to obtain the proper uniform.
I shall not require you to perform any duties, and you will therefore have your time to yourself, till you sail.
I shall, of course, forward my reasons for sending you to Lord Mornington, and shall give an account of the services that you have rendered; which will doubtless excite as much admiration in Calcutta as in Bombay. "I shall be glad if you will dine with me, the day after tomorrow, when I shall ask the members of the Council to meet you." On leaving the Governor, Harry at once went to the shop of the Parsee merchant from whom he had obtained his regimentals, and ordered the various uniforms required for the staff.
He then went to Soyera and, to his great satisfaction, found Sufder there.
The latter's troop was one of those which had been disbanded when, on the arrival of Scindia, Bajee Rao deemed it necessary to reduce his force; and Sufder, after staying for some time at Jooneer, had now come down to see his cousin. "I am glad, indeed, to find you here, Sufder; in the first place, because it is always a pleasure to meet a good friend; and in the second, because you can take Soyera back with you, and place her with Ramdass." "But why should I leave here, Harry ?" "Because, mother, I am to start for Madras in three weeks; and may be, for aught I know, away for a year or more.
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