n liberated, watched them with no very
friendly eye. "The next time you manhandle a fellow, just be good
enough to ask whether he is a friend or an enemy," he shouted out. "If
it had not been for the sharp points of your bayonets, I should have
laid not a few of you sprawling on the ground before you had got me
down, I can tell you."

Reginald, however, soon pacified his follower, and told him to look
after Faithful, who seemed disposed to chase the sepoys, and might
possibly have laid her paws upon some of them, or have fought to recover
her victim, whom she probably considered her lawful prey.

"I am glad that the fellow has gone," exclaimed Burnett, who had heard
from Reginald of Captain Hawkesford's manner towards him on board the
_Glamorgan Castle_. "I never liked him; and his conduct in this affair
has not favourably impressed me. You, at all events, will soon have an
opportunity of seeing Miss Ross, and explaining matters to her."

While waiting the arrival of the expected elephants, Nuna was resting
beneath the shade of some wide-spreading trees, close to the walls of
the temple. Reginald seated himself by her side, and invited Burnett to
join them. Nuna seemed in no way displeased, and listened with
eagerness to the conversation which ensued between the two; though
unable, from her imperfect knowledge of English, to understand more than
a few words. Reginald told Burnett more of her history than he was yet
acquainted with--that she not only had English blood in her veins, but
had been instructed in her mother's faith; and the more, indeed, Burnett
saw of the young creature, the more he admired her, and a warmer feeling
than he had yet allowed himself to entertain took possession of his
breast. He could not believe that she would willingly consent to become
the wife of a native prince; so he resolved to devote his life to her
service, hoping to be the means of preserving her from the dangers to
which, from the unsettled state of the country, she must be exposed, and
to win her some day as his bride. That he was her brother's friend, he
naturally felt was much in his favour; and he believed he was not too
presumptuous in thinking she would regard him with interest. He was
able to converse with her in her native tongue; and for the next few
days, till their arrival at Allahapoor, he would enjoy her society far
more easily than he could expect to do when she had returned to the
rajah's court.

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