They are all killed." "Better for them had they remained with me and done their duty.

The hand of God is heavy," I replied.

My men slunk away abashed, leaving the gory witnesses of defeat and death upon the ground.

I called Saat and ordered him to give the two guns to Richarn to clean.
Not only my own men but the whole of Ibrahim's party were of opinion that I had some mysterious connection with the disaster that had befallen my mutineers.

All remembered the bitterness of my prophecy, "The vultures will pick their bones", and this terrible mishap having occurred so immediately afterward took a strong hold upon their superstitious minds.