He decided immediately to force it further.
"I understand, sahiba.

I, too, will hold thee to thy promise! Thou wilt come with an escort, as befits a prince's wife! But how should I know that the Rangars would prove friends of mine?
How should I know that it is not all a trap ?" "You will have my promise to depend on." "Truly! And there will be how many hundred men to override the promise of one woman?
Nay! My word is good; my promise holds; but on my own conditions! Help me to escape.

Then follow me to Howrah City.

Come in advance of thy Rangar escort.

By that I will know that the Rangars and this Cunningham are my friends--otherwise they would not let thee come.
The Rangars are to exact guarantees from my brother?
How should I know that they do not come to help my brother crush me out of existence?
With thee in my camp as hostage I would risk agreement with them, but not otherwise.