How do you know that the fog was his doing at all?
Your excited imagination, developed suddenly by the tussle with the captain, which undoubtedly sent the blood to your head, made you think you saw Ram Lal's figure magnified beyond human proportion.

If there had been no mist at all, we should most likely have got away unhurt all the same.

Those fellows would not fight after their leader was down.

Again, I like to let Ram Lal feel that I am able to do something for myself, and that I have other friends as powerful.

He aims at obtaining too much ascendency over me.