“Come,” I said, springing upon my feet with an energy I had not felt for some time, “let us be going, then.”
My fellow prisoners looked not a little astonished at this sudden change in my resolution. However, they offered me their good wishes for the journey, and Mr. Holwell in particular entrusted2 me with some messages to Mr. Drake, in case I should succeed in penetrating3 to him. We had no certain information at this time as to the whereabouts of the English ships, but supposed them to be lying somewhere about the mouth of the Hooghley. It was judged best that I should carry no writing.
We two then crept softly out of the hut, my cousin going first, and I following. There was no moon abroad, but a sufficiency of light was afforded us by [Pg 181]the extraordinary brilliancy of the stars, which appear much bigger, as well as thicker in the sky, in these latitudes4 than in England. At a short distance from the door of the shed I could perceive the sentinel, seated with his back towards us, his hands resting on his matchlock.
“This way,” whispered Rupert in my ear. And turning in the opposite direction from the sentry5, he stooped down and ran along under the shadow of a high wall which bordered a winding6 road.
The wall was about eight feet high, and enclosed a garden. Here and there it was overhung by branches of trees, whose foliage7 I failed to distinguish in the darkness, but I once or twice thought I smelt8 the fragrance9 of lemons. Within the garden behind the wall we could hear the tinkle10 of a fountain and a noise like the singing of some bird.
“What is this place?” I asked in a whisper, as I ran along by Rupert’s side.
“Hush!” he answered crossly. “We shall be overheard. This is the Nabob’s garden, where are the pavilions of his women.”
We ran on in silence for some little time longer, when we arrived at the end of the garden, and plunged11 into a narrow and dark lane that led out of the town. This passage we followed till we came out upon a deserted13 nook immediately under the walls of Moorshedabad, which were here much damaged, and matted with ivy17 and other weeds.
“Now,” said Rupert, as he flung himself panting [Pg 182]on the ground, in a little grassy18 place, “we can talk over our plans without fear of being disturbed.”
I sat down beside him, inly marvelling19 at that great transformation20 which had so quickly converted us from deadly enemies seeking each other’s lives, into allies, if not friends. After all our hostilities21 against each other in Great Yarmouth, at Gheriah, and in Calcutta, we were now in Moorshedabad, bound together by a common purpose, and that purpose concerned with her who had originally been the cause of our enmity.
I have often thought since that the change which took place in my cousin’s behaviour about this time was due, not so much to any tardy22 pricks23 of conscience, as to a sort of dizziness of mind, brought about by the spectacle of the prodigious24 crimes of Surajah Dowlah. His own spirit, however bold and wicked, was daunted25 in the presence of this being who, though so much younger in years, was so greatly superior in evil; so that he shrank back, like one brought suddenly to the edge of a precipice26. Perhaps he had a secret apprehension27 of his coming fate; at all events, it is certain that for a short time he manifested a hearty28 longing29 to return to the society of honest men.
As soon as we were seated his first act was to pluck off the turban he wore on his head, and cast it to the ground.
“Faugh!” he exclaimed. “What an intolerable thing to wear! If it were not for their turbans and [Pg 183]their abstinence, I declare Mahometanism would suit me well enough.”
I gazed at him in horror.
“Do you mean, Rupert, that you have really embraced that idolatrous sect30?” I demanded.
“You need not look so scandalised, cousin,” he retorted. “In the first place you are quite wrong to call it idolatrous, images of every kind being strictly31 forbidden by the Alcoran. In the second place it is a very decent, respectable religion, as religions go, and extremely convenient for seafaring men who sometimes need an excuse for overhauling32 a Christian33 cargo34.”
“Rupert Gurney,” I replied sternly, “you have within the hour brought me away out of prison, and for that I thank you. But I will neither listen to your blasphemous35 talk, nor suffer it, and rather than consent to do so I will go back to the place from which you took me but now.”
“Fair and softly, young Athelstane,” he answered grinning. “I see you are as fierce a Puritan as ever, and as I have lost the wish to quarrel with you I will endeavour to refrain from saying anything offensive to your delicacy36. But do you, on your part, abstain37 from flying into a passion at every word that does not happen to sound to your liking38; for patience is a virtue39 recommended, as I believe, by your religion as well as mine, and it seems to me that your stock of it is rather scant40.”
I cannot say how deeply mortified41 I was by this [Pg 184]rebuke, which, coming from one whose evil life I held in just detestation, wrought42 more conviction in me than all the sermons I had heard from good Mr. Peter Walpole of Norwich, when I was a boy. I discovered, as though by a flash of light, how unchristian was the temper I had too often shown in my dealings, not only with my cousin, but with other persons, and from that moment I set an earnest watch on myself in this respect.
Forcing myself to acknowledge my error at once, though much against the grain, I said—
“I ask your pardon, Rupert, if I spoke43 harshly. But let us leave these questions, and come to the business in hand. What of Marian, and how do you propose that we should effect her escape?”
He looked at me surprised.
“Why, Athelstane, my boy, give me your hand!” he exclaimed, in a more cordial tone than I had ever heard him use before. “Curse me if I don’t heartily44 wish we had never quarrelled!” I gave him my hand with some reluctance45, and he proceeded. “You saw that garden which we passed on our way to this spot? The girl is detained a prisoner in one of the Nabob’s summer-houses which stand within it. I have found means to corrupt46 one of the eunuchs who is a friend of mine, and anxious to stand well with the English. For I must tell you, Athelstane, that all is not working smoothly47 in the government here. Surajah Dowlah, by his arrogance48 and violence, has made many enemies, among whom [Pg 185]are his own uncle, Meer Jaffier, and Roy Dullub, the most important of the Gentoos. These men have a just apprehension of the vengeance49 which the English may take for the late invasion of their settlements, and moreover they stand in dread50 of the young Nabob’s reckless temper, sometimes bordering on insanity51. So that we have more friends than we know of in the Court. This eunuch, then, as I was going to say, has agreed to introduce me into the garden to-night, in about an hour’s time through a small postern in the wall of which he has the key. He is going to conduct me to the summer-house where Marian is. There it may be necessary to use force to overpower the eunuchs in charge of the place, but if we succeed in doing that, as I think there is little doubt we shall, we have nothing to do but to carry her off and retire by the way we came. I have provided a safe retreat afterwards to the coast.”
I fell in heartily with this scheme, which seemed to present a tolerable chance of success. Rupert went on to explain to me the means by which he hoped that we might afterwards be able to pass through the country without being stopped. He proposed that we should give it out that we were a party of Mahometan pilgrims bound for the mouth of the river, to take ship for Mecca; and he told me he had three horses already hired, with a driver, waiting for us in a certain place. In order that this scheme might be carried through it was necessary [Pg 186]that I should be disguised to pass for a Moor15, like himself. He now produced from his bosom52 a brown pigment53, such as he had already used with good enough success on his own complexion54, and carefully stained the skin of my face, also my feet and hands.
“Remember, above all,” he said, while he was thus engaged, “if you would be taken for a Mahometan, never to wash your hands without washing your feet at the same time, for this custom is inveterate55 with them, and is, I think, the principal point of difference between the two religions.”
When he had finished, I asked—
“And now what shall I do for a suitable dress?”
For I was still clad in the garments of rough canvas which the Moors16 had given to us on the morning after our release from the Black Hole.
“By the Lord Harry56, I don’t know what you can do!” cried Rupert. “I had overlooked that part of it. Unless you were to cut down one of these black rascals57 in the dark, and exchange suits with him?”
I declined to do what I thought would amount to committing a murder, although it were to be done upon an Indian; whereupon my cousin offered to kill the man, if I would wear the clothes. At last we agreed to procure58 the dress by peaceful means, if that should be possible, and set out on our return to the centre of the town.
Sure enough we had not gone a great way when we met a man of the city, a Gentoo, wearing a loose [Pg 187]woollen robe and white turban, which we thought would pass, and which he agreed very easily to part with for five rupees. I offered him my canvas suit into the bargain, but this he rejected with disdain59, on account of his religion, and walked off from us stark60 naked, but for a loin-cloth.
It was now time that we should repair to the meeting appointed by the eunuch. We found the postern without any difficulty, and as soon as my cousin had knocked twice in a peculiar61 manner the eunuch came and admitted us. This eunuch appeared to be a very civil, worthy62 person, very different to most of his kind, whom I have found to be full of spite and malice63, and untrustworthy in all their dealings.
As soon as we were entered in the garden the eunuch conducted us through an orchard64 and down a grove65 of persimmons, to where there was a fountain, and close by it a square marble tank bordered by roses in white marble boxes. Here he left us for a moment, while he went forward to examine the summer-house, if there were any one stirring within. While we were waiting I took an interest in gazing at the clear water of the tank, and picturing the scene when the Nabob’s women came thither66 to bathe, as I heard was their daily custom.
Presently the eunuch returned, and beckoned67 to us.
“The Sahibs may go forward now,” he said. “The cage is shut and the birds are asleep.”
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We followed him, and he brought us out upon an open space, and in the midst of it a small pavilion, like a temple, built in white stone or marble, in two storeys, very elegantly, with small pillars before it and a dome68 above, the whole covered over with fantastical designs of trees and flowers, curiously69 wrought in the stone.
The door of the pavilion was closed. In the upper storey I saw several lattices open, but no lights.
“What are we to do in the next place?” I asked of the eunuch.
He gave me an expressive70 look out of his black eyes, and silently delivered to me a scymetar which he carried.
“Let the Sahib knock, and when they who keep the door put forth71 their heads, let the Sahib strike them off,” he said, seeing me hesitate.
It had been well for us, as it turned out, if I had done as he bid me, for the squeamishness which we feel about shedding blood is not understood amongst Indians, and they despise us for it. However, before I could say anything further, my cousin stepped up to the door and knocked boldly.
There was a commotion72 inside. I drew my scymetar, and Rupert did the same. As soon as the door was unfastened from within, without waiting to parley73, we flung ourselves through the opening, striking out blindly in the dark.
Instantly there went up a howl for mercy, and the [Pg 189]eunuchs inside—for there were two of them, both well-armed—cast themselves down writhing74 on the floor, evidently in the expectation that they were immediately to be put to death. Rupert aimed a deadly blow at one of them, but I, like a fool, struck up his weapon.
“Stay,” I said, using the Gentoo language purposely that they might understand, “it may save us trouble to spare their lives, on condition that they strictly obey our instructions.”
The wretches75 hearing this, instantly broke into all sorts of grovelling76 entreaties77 and oaths of fidelity78. Quite disgusted by their slavish cowardice79, I said to them—
“Hold your tongues! You have in this house a prisoner, an Englishwoman, whom we have come to carry away. Let one of you go at once and bring her here.”
The eunuch furthest in from the door immediately leaped to his feet and made off down the passage. But Rupert, who knew more about these sort of creatures than I did at this time, strode after him, calling out—
“Stay! I will go with you!”
But the fellow, without turning his head, sprang up a narrow staircase at the end, and darting80 into the first room he came to above, slammed the door to, and had it fastened before Rupert could catch him up. In another moment we heard him yelling and squalling out of the window for assistance to [Pg 190]come and take the murderers and ravishers that were broken into the garden.
My cousin came jumping down the stairs three steps at a time.
“This comes of your cursed softness!” he growled81 out savagely82. “As though it were not a Christian act to cut the throats of as many of these hell-hounds as possible!”
He fetched a slash83 at the man who lay whining84 at our feet that nearly severed85 his head from his trunk.
“Now we must save ourselves if we can!” he muttered. And indeed it was time. The screams of the eunuch overhead had brought the whole place about our ears. As we stepped out of the pavilion again, we saw lights glittering through the trees all round us, and heard shouting and the running of feet. Our friendly eunuch had taken to flight, and we were left to extricate86 ourselves as best we could.
“We must not stay here or we shall be surrounded,” cried Rupert. “Which way is the gate?”
I strove to recollect87, and then, taking what I thought to be the direction, we started off at a run.
Instantly that fiend who had betrayed us, leaning further out of the window to discover which way we fled, redoubled his cries. Looking back for a moment as we ran, I saw him pointing, and at the same time there was a movement of one of the other lattices, and I caught a glimpse of a white face and two hands thrust out with a despairing gesture, and [Pg 191]knew that Marian was aware of our enterprise and that we had failed. Then the clamour on all sides grew louder, and men bearing lanterns and armed with swords and matchlocks burst out from the trees around the pavilion, and ran hither and thither, some towards the building, others searching for our track.
We ran like deer, bending down so as not to be seen, and dodging88 in among the trees and bushes. By this means we preserved ourselves from immediate14 capture, but soon missed our way, and found ourselves wandering about in the garden, stealing from one patch of cover to another; while every now and then a party of our pursuers would go past, so close that we could hear them speak, and see the sparks of lantern-light drip off the naked blades of their weapons as they thrust them into the bushes.
After several close escapes of this kind, when we at last stumbled on the postern, more by luck than skill, we found it barred and locked, and the key removed. Before we could decide what next to do, on a sudden a party of four gigantic blacks burst out upon us, brandishing89 their weapons at our heads and calling on us, by all manner of filthy90 names, to surrender. I believe they expected us to prove an easy prey91, but I was now grown desperate, and rushed so fiercely on him that came first and carried a lantern, that I fairly bore him to earth at the first shock. And when I looked round for another [Pg 192]I found all three in full flight, one of them leaving his right hand behind, which Rupert had managed to slice off at the wrist with the first blow. They ran for their lives, shouting out that they had to do with two demons92 from the pit. Rupert, seeing the man I had struck down move, stepped over to him, quite cool, drew his blade across the poor wretch’s throat, and wiped it on his turban. After this we lost no time in shifting our ground before the rest of the pursuers came up.
With the chase so hot after us, it had become plain that we must be taken before long, unless we could hit upon some means of escaping from the garden. In this strait I bethought myself of the trees whose boughs93 I had noticed from outside overhanging the wall, when we passed it earlier that night. I reminded Rupert of this, who exclaimed joyfully—
“Well done, cousin, I declare you have saved us now! I believe I can find that part of the garden easily enough, when it will be a simple matter to climb the trees and drop down on the other side of the wall.”
We set out at once, Rupert leading the way, and turning from side to side as we heard the Moors shouting after us. They now felt pretty sure of our whereabouts, and began discharging their pieces where we went, so that the balls tore the leaves off the trees all round us, but luckily without doing us any damage. We arrived at the wall, and seeing a [Pg 193]tree suitable for our purpose, made for it, but just as we reached it one of those black rascals we had put to flight espied94 us. He raised the cry, and instantly we found ourselves surrounded by the whole band, at least twenty of them rushing at us out of the dark, and all with the most murderous looks I have ever seen.
I now gave up all for lost, and planting myself with my back against the tree prepared to sell my life dear. Not so Rupert, who was already off the ground, climbing like a cat up the smooth trunk. He was out of sight among the branches directly, and in another minute would have been safely over the wall, when at a signal from their leader, about a dozen of the Moors who had firearms discharged them all together into the tree. I heard a groan95 and a sound of scrambling96 above, and presently Rupert dropped, falling heavily straight on to the ground, where he lay quite still.
When I saw what had happened, I abandoned all further thoughts of resistance, and throwing away my weapon bade them do what they would with me. Even then, so great was the awe97 we had struck into them, that they advanced slowly, narrowing their circle all round, till at length the foremost took courage to lay his hand on my shoulder. They then led me away, jabbering98 the most horrid99 threats in my ear, while others picked up my unfortunate cousin, and carried him after, groaning100 miserably101.
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We were brought into a sort of guard-house, situated102, as well as I could judge, in the centre of the garden, and there kept till morning, to await the Nabob’s pleasure. Poor Rupert, who had broken his leg, tossed and moaned till daybreak, but I was so much exhausted103 that I could not keep awake, and fell into a sleep on the floor. In the morning, to my astonishment104, I was offered some food, after which my captors dragged me pretty roughly into the palace. I said farewell to my cousin, doubting greatly whether I should ever see him again.
Surajah Dowlah, contrary to his custom, had me brought into him in his private apartments, there being present besides only some of the minions105 and low buffoons106 he kept by him to amuse him. He rolled his bloodshot eyes on me, as I was led in, looking as though he could have bit me, and played with a sharp, crooked107 knife which he had in his hand.
After overwhelming me with a torrent108 of imprecations which I should be ashamed to write down, he ordered me to tell him how I had got into his garden. Being well assured that nothing could make my position worse than it already was, and having some experience of the Nabob’s character by this time, I resolved on defying him. I therefore answered boldly—
“I got into the garden by means which I have, and which I shall not disclose. Your Highness may rest assured that you cannot keep me out of [Pg 195]any place into which I choose to penetrate109. Nevertheless I intended no outrage110 on you. You hold prisoner a countrywoman of mine, whom I intended to deliver out of your hands; and let me warn your Highness that whatever you may order to be done with me, the English will never leave you in peace till you have set that woman free.”
I was scarce prepared for the effect which these words produced on the intoxicated111 youth. He rose half way from his seat, raging like a fiend, then fell back again white and crouching112, as if I had been about to deal him a blow, then passed into a fresh paroxysm of rage, and so from one state of mind to another in a way at once alarming and pitiful to behold114.
“Do you know in whose presence you stand, infidel?” he shrieked115. “Do you know that I am lord and Subhadar of Bengal, of Behar, and Orissa; and that I have a million men who would die at my bidding? I will have you torn piecemeal116, I will have your eyes picked out with knives and your flesh torn by hot pincers! I will plunge12 this knife into you, I will rip you up as I would a wild boar, I will strew117 your entrails on the earth, I will give your heart to dogs to devour118!”
He went on in this terrifying manner till he was out of breath. During the whole time I stood regarding him with a cool, undismayed expression which, I believe, disconcerted him more than any words I could have used. Then I said—
“Surajah Dowlah, your words are the words of a boaster, who is bold only when he sees his enemy before him disarmed119. Beware of what you do; you are walking in the dark! Do you believe the paltry120 handful of English whom you drove out of Calcutta count for anything in the strength of our nation? If so, let me tell you there are men about you, men who have your trust, who could teach you otherwise. You are being deceived if your spies have not already told you of the armament which he whom you call Sabat Jung is already preparing to invade your dominions121, when every hair of an Englishman’s head that you have injured will have to be reckoned for. And it will be well for you if, among all those who crouch113 before you, you find any to fight for you in that day.”
The servile crew that stood round the tyrant122 here began to cry out at me, and drown my voice. But I was satisfied with the impression I had made on the mind of their master. He listened, hanging his head, and casting meaning glances at me, as if doubtful how far I had authority for what I said. Finally he ordered me to be kept under a strong guard, and I was conveyed back to the same prison I had escaped from overnight.
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| 统治权( dominion的名词复数 )； 领土； 疆土； 版图 | |
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