It is awful to think of the news you brought in, Bathurst, and that there are hundreds of women and children in his power now.

What a day it will be when we march into Cawnpore!" "Don't count your chickens too soon, Wilson," the Doctor said, "The time I am looking forward to is when we shall have safely passed Cawnpore on our way down; that is quite enough for me to hope for at present." "Yes, I was thinking of that myself," Wilson replied.

"If the Nana could not be bound by the oath he had taken himself, he is not likely to respect the agreement made here." "We must pass the place at night," Bathurst said, "and trust to not being seen.

Even if they do make us out, we shan't be under fire long unless they follow us down the bank; but if the night is dark, they may not make us out at all.

Fortunately there is no moon, and boats are not very large marks even by daylight, and at night it would only be a chance shot that would hit us." "Yes, we should be as difficult to hit as a tiger," the Doctor put in.
Wilson laughed.
"I have gained a lot of experience since then, Doctor.