Sure and it's well I took yer honor's advice." The four Sepoy officers also exchanged a few words with Charlie.

They, too, would have resisted, had he given the word, hopeless though the effort would have been.

But they acquiesced, at once, in his decision.
They had little to lose; but the thought of a prolonged captivity, and of being obliged, perhaps, to enter the service of the Mahratta freebooters, just when about to return to their wives and families at Madras, was a terrible blow to them.
"Keep up your spirits," Charlie said.

"It is a bad business, but we must hope for the best.

If we bide our time, we may see some chance of escape.