Now tell me over again from the beginning what you know about the political situation in Howrah.
Quickly, please.

Consider yourself a scout reporting to his officer." Ten minutes later Cunninham heard a commotion by the parapet, and stalked off to find Alwa, close followed by Mahommed Gunga.

The grim old Rajput was grinning in his beard as he recognized the set of what might have been Cunningham the elder's shoulders..