In order, as he says, to try and accustom himself to it, he went and stood at the edge of the parapet in full sight of the Sepoys, and let them blaze away at him.

He must have been killed if Forster and I had not dragged him away by main force.

Then came the natural reaction, and he fainted.

That is all there is about it.

Poor fellow, he is extremely sensitive on the ground of personal courage.