Lucknow is rather better than a hundred miles to the east, and Cawnpore about as far to the south.

From every point on the compass there was nothing but torture and murder and outrage.
"The city of Agra is a great place, swarming with fanatics and fierce devil-worshippers of all sorts.

Our handful of men were lost among the narrow, winding streets.

Our leader moved across the river, therefore, and took up his position in the old fort at Agra.

I don't know if any of you gentlemen have ever read or heard anything of that old fort.