We are amply supplied with provisions and munitions of war, and many as are the numbers of our assailants who have fallen already, yet more will die before you obtain possession of the house.

More than that, in no case will we be taken prisoners, for one and all have firmly resolved to fire the magazine when resistance is no longer possible, and to bury ourselves and our assailants in the ruins." When Bathurst ceased, a hubbub of voices arose, the Sepoy officers protesting that the surrender should be made to them.

It was some minutes before anything like quietness was restored, and then one of the officers said, "Here is Rujub; he speaks in the name of Nana.

What does he say to this ?" Rujub, who was handsomely attired, stepped forward.
"I have no orders from his highness on this subject," he said.

"He certainly said that the prisoners were to be sent to him, but at present there are no prisoners, nor, if the siege continues, and the English carry out their threat, will there be any prisoners.