I have no doubt you will get a chance to show that it is
only nerve and not courage in which you are deficient."
Bathurst was silent, and scarce another word was spoken during the
drive back to Deennugghur.
The place had its accustomed appearance when they drove up. The
Doctor, as he drew up before his bungalow, said, "Thank God, they
have not begun yet! I was half afraid we might have found they
had taken advantage of most of us being away, and have broken out
before we got back."
"So was I," Bathurst said. "I have been thinking of nothing else
since we started."
"Well, I will go to the Major at once and see what arrangements
have been made, and whether there is any further news."
"I shall go off on my rounds," Bathurst said. "I had arranged
yesterday to be at Nilpore this morning, and there will be time
for me to get there now. It is only eleven o'clock yet. I shall go
about my work as usual until matters come to a head."
The Doctor found that the Major was over at the tent which served
as the orderly office, and at once followed him there.
"Nothing fresh, Major?"
"No; we found everything going on as usual. It has been decided to
put the courthouse as far as we can in a state of defense. I shall
have the spare ammunition quietly taken over there, with stores of
provisions. The ladies have undertaken to sew up sacking and make
gunny bags for holding earth, and, of course, we shall get a store
of water there.
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