He had told her that he should probably leave Seringapatam shortly, and continue the search, but that she must not anticipate any result, for a long time.
"Well, Mother," he said, after the first embrace and greetings were over, "I have left Tippoo's service, you see, and am no longer a colonel, or an officer of the Palace.

I have come down to spend a fortnight with you, before I set out again on my travels." "Has Surajah come back with you, Dick ?" the Rajah asked.
"Yes.

He will be here in a few minutes, with a cart.

That is one of the reasons why I came down here.

I found, among the slaves of the harem, a white girl about fourteen years old.