"I know not. I know that I myself shall stay loyal until the end!"

"Well--the end is not in doubt. There can only be one end!" commented
Brown.

"Of a truth, sahib, I believe that you are right. There can only
be one end. This night is not more black, this horizon is no shorter,
than the outlook!"

"Then, you mean--"

"I mean, sahib, that this uprising is more serious than you--or any
other Englishman--is likely to believe. I believe that the side I
fight for will be the losing side."

"And yet, you stay loyal?"

"Why not?"

"All the same, Juggut Khan--I'm not emotional, or a man of many words.
I don't trust Indians as a rule! I--but--here--will you shake hands?"

"Certainly, sahib!" said the Rajput. "We be two men, you and I!
Why should the one be loyal and the other not?"

"When this is over," said Brown, "if it ends the way we want, and
we're both alive, I'd like to call myself your friend!"

"I have always been your friend, sahib, and you mine, since the day