every moment it appeared that
he would fall off.

The soldier expressed his thankfulness. "If the sahib will but take my
advice," he added, "he will persuade the rajah to come to the house of
Dhunna Singh, who will protect him at all hazards. He has a stable in
which the horses can be put up, and an upper room where his highness can
remain concealed without risk of discovery when day returns. Dhunna
Singh may be able also to inform him of what has happened, and he can
act accordingly."

Reginald thought the advice so good that he at once suggested the plan
to the rajah, who agreed to it after some hesitation. They at once,
therefore, turned their horses along a street Wuzeer Singh pointed out.
The few people who passed them probably took the rajah to be some
merchant returning home attended by his guards, and did not stop to
examine them closely. In a short time they arrived before the gates of
a house of the style occupied by the more wealthy class of citizens.
Here Reginald, throwing himself from his horse, assisted Wuzeer Singh to
reach the small loophole, through which he could communicate with those
within. After a few words had been exchanged, the gates were opened and
the party entered. A staid-looking citizen, with several younger men,
received them; and though they treated the rajah with marked respect,
they did not otherwise show that they knew who he was. The old man only
addressed him as sahib, and begged leave to show the way into the
interior of the house; and while two of the younger men gently lifted up
Wuzeer Singh and carried him indoors, the rest led off the horses to the
stable. The rajah was at once conducted to the upper room Wuzeer Singh
had spoken of, where his host paid him every possible attention. Wuzeer
Singh, meantime, was gently cared for; and an ample repast was placed
before Reginald. Their host, it appeared, was a Hindoo, who, with all
his family, had been converted to Christianity; and, desirous of
following the precepts of his faith, he was anxious to afford assistance
to those in distress. He showed by his manner that he well knew who the
rajah was; and he must have been aware of the great risk he ran in
affording him shelter, should his concealment be discovered by Mukund
Bhim or any of his party. Since the commencement of the disturbances he
and his sons had wisely kept to the house, and so he could only surmise,
from the reports brought by two or three people who had