The house was not guarded then; so he had no difficulty in gaining admittance.

But he had to gain entrance through a window in the zenana.

He would not trust either his servants, his slaves, or his chief eunuch.

To the women of his own zenana he had always been carelessly kind, and women are least bribable of the two sexes.
Umballa entered at once his secret chamber and food and water were brought, one of the women acting as bearer.

On the morning after the guards arrived, and Umballa knew not how long he might have to wait.
Through one of the women he sent a verbal message to the majordomo with the result that each day he learned what was taking place in the palace.