"'I have it now,' Charley said; 'it is the scene I dreamed.'
"As he spoke he fired his revolver at the subadar, who fell dead
in his tracks.
"A Sepoy close by leveled his musket and fired. Charley fell, and
the fellow rushed forward to bayonet him. As he did so I sent a
bullet through his head, and he fell across Charley. It was a wild
fight for a minute or two, and then a few of us made a sudden rush
together, cut our way through the mutineers, and darted through an
open window on to the parade. There were shouts, shots, and screams
from the officers' bungalows, and in several places flames were
already rising. What became of the other men I knew not; I made as
hard as I could tear for the colonel's bungalow. Suddenly I came
upon a sowar sitting on his horse watching the rising flames. Before
he saw me I was on him, and ran him through. I leapt on his horse
and galloped down to Gardiner's compound. I saw lots of Sepoys in
and around the bungalow, all engaged in looting. I dashed into the
compound.
"'May! May!' I shouted. 'Where are you?'
"I had scarcely spoken before a dark figure rushed out of a clump
of bushes close by with a scream of delight.
"In an instant she was on the horse before me, and, shooting down
a couple of fellows who made a rush at my reins, I dashed out again.
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