"
Hossein soon set to work, and prepared an excellent breakfast. Then he
left them, saying that he would now devote himself to finding out
whether the young white lady was in the town palace of the rajah. He
returned in the afternoon.
"She is here, Sahib," he said. "I got into conversation with one of
the retainers of the rajah; and by giving him some wonderful bargains,
in Delhi jewelry, succeeded in opening his lips. I dare not question
him too closely, but I am to meet him tomorrow, to show him some more
silver bracelets."
"It is fortunate, Hossein, that you have some money, for neither Tim
nor I have a rupee."
"Thanks to the generosity of my lord," Hossein said, "I am well
supplied."
The next day, Hossein discovered that the windows of the zenana were
at the back of the palace, looking into the large garden.
"I hear, however," he said, "that the ladies of the zenana are, next
week, going to the rajah's other palace. The ladies will, of course,
travel in palanquins; but upon the road I might get to talk with one
of the waiting women, and might bribe her to pass a note into the
hands of the white lady."
"I suppose they will have a guard with them, Hossein?"
"Surely, a strong guard," Hossein answered.
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