art of her face is bandaged up, but I can see that she is not
suffering as she was this morning. She looks quiet and happy."

"Try and speak to her. Say, 'Keep up your courage, we are doing what we
can.' Speak, I order you."

"I have spoken."

"Did she hear you?"

"Yes. She has raised herself on her arm; she is looking round; she has
asked the other young lady if she heard anything. The other shakes her
head. She heard my words, but does not understand them."

Rujub looked at Bathurst, who mechanically repeated the message in
English.

"Speak to her again. Tell her these words," and Rujub repeated the
message in English.

"Does she hear you?"

"She hears me. She has clasped her hands, and is looking round
bewildered."

"That will do. Now go outside into the yard; what do you see there?"

"I see eight men sitting round a fire. One gets up and walks to one of
the grated windows, and looks in at the prisoners."

"Is the door locked?"

"It is locked."

"Where is the key?"

She was silent for some time.

"Where is the key?" he repeated.

"In the lock," she said.

"How many soldiers are there in the guardroom by the gate?"

"There are no soldiers there. There are an officer and four men outside,
but none inside."

"That will do," and he passed his hand lightly across her forehead.

"Is it all true?" Bathurst asked, as the juggler turned to him.

"Assuredly it is true, sahib. Had I had my daughter with me at
Deennugghur, I could have sent you a message as easily; as it was, I had
to trust only to the power of my mind upon yours. The information is of
use, sahib."

"It is indeed. It is a great thing to know that the key is left in the
lock, and also that at night there are the prison keepers only inside
the building."

"Does she know what she has been doing?" he asked, as Rabda languidly
rose from her chair.

"No, sahib, she knows nothing after she has recovered from these
trances."

"I will watch tomorrow night," Bathurst said, "and see at what hour the
sentries are relieved. It is evident that the Sepoys are not trusted
to enter the prison, which is left entirely to the warders, the outside
posts being furnished by some regiment in the lines. It is important to
know the exact hour at which the changes are made, and perhaps you
could find out tomorrow, Rujub, who these warders are; whether they are
permanently on duty, or are relieved once a day."

"I will do that, sahib; if they are change