"But the girls?" asked Ned.

"They have been carried off by the troops of the Rajah of Nahdoor."

"How long since?"

"Thursday, sahib."

"How far off is Nahdoor?"

"Ten miles, sahib."

Major Warrener now took up the interrogation.

"How is the one who was ill?"

"She was better, and was getting stronger again when they carried her
off."

"Do you think they are still at Nahdoor? or that they have been sent into
Delhi?"

"They are still there," the Hindoo said. "I have sent a man each day to
watch, so that directly I got better I might be able to tell you the truth
of the matter. My servant has just returned; they had not left at three
o'clock, and they would be sure not to start after that hour. The rajah
will go with his troops in a few days to pay his respects to the emperor;
he will probably take the _mem_ sahibs with him."