with orders that he
should not be exposed to the view of passers-by, Karim and Ania used
to pace the streets, and on several occasions fell in with him, but
always found him attended by too many followers of one kind or
another for their purpose. At last, on Sunday, the 13th of March,
1835, Karim heard that Mr. Fraser was to attend a 'nach' (dance),
given by Hindoo Rao, the brother of the Baiza Bai,[14] who then
resided at Delhi; and determining to try whether he could not shoot
him from horseback, he sent away his groom as soon as he had
ascertained that Mr. Fraser was actually at the dance. Ania went in
and mixed among the assembly; and as soon as he saw Mr. Fraser rise
to depart, he gave intimation to Karim, who ordered him to keep
behind, and make off as fast as he could, as soon as he should hear
the report of his gun.

A little way from Hindoo Rao's house the road branches off; that to
the left is straight, while that to the right is circuitous. Mr.
Fraser was known always to take the straight road, and upon that
Karim posted himself, as the road up to the place where it branched
off was too public for his purpose. As it happened, Mr. Fraser, for
the first time, took the circuitous road to the right, and reached
his home without meeting Karim. Ania placed himself at the cross way,
and waited there till Karim came up to him. On hearing that he had
taken the right road, Karim said that 'a man in Mr. Fraser's
situation must be a strange ('kafir') unbeliever not to have such a
thing as a torch with him in a dark night. Had he had what he ought',
he said, 'I should not have lost him this time'.

They passed him on the road somewhere or other almost every afternoon
after this for seven days, but could never fall in with him after
dark. On the eighth day, Sunday, the 22nd of March, Karim went, as
usual, in the forenoon to the great mosque to say his prayers; and on
his way back in the afternoon he purchased some plums which he was
eating when he came up to Ania, whom he found cooking his dinner. He
ordered his horse to be saddled immediately, and told Ania to make
haste and eat his dinner, as he had seen Mr. Fraser at a party given
by the Raja of Kishangarh. '_When his time is come_,' said Karim, 'we
shall no doubt find an opportunity to kill him, if we watch him
carefully.' They left the groom at home that evening, and proceeded
to the 'dargah' (church) near the canal. Seeing Ania with merely a
Stick in his hand,