Master Dick is rather fond of cutting his stories short, and we must have Surajah here to fill up details." Surajah and his father soon appeared.

The former was warmly greeted by the Rajah, and when they had seated themselves on a divan, Dick proceeded to tell the story.

He was not interrupted, until he came to the incident of the killing of the tiger, and here Surajah was called upon to supplement the story, which he did, doing full credit to the quickness with which Dick had, without a moment's loss of time, cut the netting and ascended to the window.
When Dick came to the incident of the ladies of the harem presenting them, in Tippoo's presence, with the two caskets, Mrs.Holland broke in: "You did not say anything about that in your letter, Dick.

Let me see your casket.

Where is it ?" "It is in one of the saddlebags," Dick said.
"They are in my room," Rajbullub corrected.