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“
It
lay
where
he
had
dropped
it
when
he
was
first
attacked
.
The
box
was
the
same
which
now
lies
open
upon
your
table
.
A
key
was
hung
by
a
silken
cord
to
that
carved
handle
upon
the
top
.
We
opened
it
,
and
the
light
of
the
lantern
gleamed
upon
a
collection
of
gems
such
as
I
have
read
of
and
thought
about
when
I
was
a
little
lad
at
Pershore
.
It
was
blinding
to
look
upon
them
.
When
we
had
feasted
our
eyes
we
took
them
all
out
and
made
a
list
of
them
.
There
were
one
hundred
and
forty
-
three
diamonds
of
the
first
water
,
including
one
which
has
been
called
,
I
believe
,
‘
the
Great
Mogul
’
and
is
said
to
be
the
second
largest
stone
in
existence
.
Then
there
were
ninety
-
seven
very
fine
emeralds
,
and
one
hundred
and
seventy
rubies
,
some
of
which
,
however
,
were
small
.
There
were
forty
carbuncles
,
two
hundred
and
ten
sapphires
,
sixty
-
one
agates
,
and
a
great
quantity
of
beryls
,
onyxes
,
cats
’
-
eyes
,
turquoises
,
and
other
stones
,
the
very
names
of
which
I
did
not
know
at
the
time
,
though
I
have
become
more
familiar
with
them
since
.
Besides
this
,
there
were
nearly
three
hundred
very
fine
pearls
,
twelve
of
which
were
set
in
a
gold
coronet
.
By
the
way
,
these
last
had
been
taken
out
of
the
chest
and
were
not
there
when
I
recovered
it
.
“
After
we
had
counted
our
treasures
we
put
them
back
into
the
chest
and
carried
them
to
the
gateway
to
show
them
to
Mahomet
Singh
.
Then
we
solemnly
renewed
our
oath
to
stand
by
each
other
and
be
true
to
our
secret
.
We
agreed
to
conceal
our
loot
in
a
safe
place
until
the
country
should
be
at
peace
again
,
and
then
to
divide
it
equally
among
ourselves
.
There
was
no
use
dividing
it
at
present
,
for
if
gems
of
such
value
were
found
upon
us
it
would
cause
suspicion
,
and
there
was
no
privacy
in
the
fort
nor
any
place
where
we
could
keep
them
.
We
carried
the
box
,
therefore
,
into
the
same
hall
where
we
had
buried
the
body
,
and
there
,
under
certain
bricks
in
the
best
-
preserved
wall
,
we
made
a
hollow
and
put
our
treasure
.
We
made
careful
note
of
the
place
,
and
next
day
I
drew
four
plans
,
one
for
each
of
us
,
and
put
the
sign
of
the
four
of
us
at
the
bottom
,
for
we
had
sworn
that
we
should
each
always
act
for
all
,
so
that
none
might
take
advantage
.
That
is
an
oath
that
I
can
put
my
hand
to
my
heart
and
swear
that
I
have
never
broken
.
“
Well
,
there
’
s
no
use
my
telling
you
gentlemen
what
came
of
the
Indian
mutiny
.
After
Wilson
took
Delhi
and
Sir
Colin
relieved
Lucknow
the
back
of
the
business
was
broken
.
Fresh
troops
came
pouring
in
,
and
Nana
Sahib
made
himself
scarce
over
the
frontier
.
A
flying
column
under
Colonel
Greathed
came
round
to
Agra
and
cleared
the
Pandies
away
from
it
.
Peace
seemed
to
be
settling
upon
the
country
,
and
we
four
were
beginning
to
hope
that
the
time
was
at
hand
when
we
might
safely
go
off
with
our
shares
of
the
plunder
.
In
a
moment
,
however
,
our
hopes
were
shattered
by
our
being
arrested
as
the
murderers
of
Achmet
.
“
It
came
about
in
this
way
.
When
the
rajah
put
his
jewels
into
the
hands
of
Achmet
he
did
it
because
he
knew
that
he
was
a
trusty
man
.
They
are
suspicious
folk
in
the
East
,
however
:
so
what
does
this
rajah
do
but
take
a
second
even
more
trusty
servant
and
set
him
to
play
the
spy
upon
the
first
?
This
second
man
was
ordered
never
to
let
Achmet
out
of
his
sight
,
and
he
followed
him
like
his
shadow
.
He
went
after
him
that
night
and
saw
him
pass
through
the
doorway
.
Of
course
he
thought
he
had
taken
refuge
in
the
fort
,
and
applied
for
admission
there
himself
next
day
,
but
could
find
no
trace
of
Achmet
.
This
seemed
to
him
so
strange
that
he
spoke
about
it
to
a
sergeant
of
guides
,
who
brought
it
to
the
ears
of
the
commandant
.
A
thorough
search
was
quickly
made
,
and
the
body
was
discovered
.
Thus
at
the
very
moment
that
we
thought
that
all
was
safe
we
were
all
four
seized
and
brought
to
trial
on
a
charge
of
murder
,
—
three
of
us
because
we
had
held
the
gate
that
night
,
and
the
fourth
because
he
was
known
to
have
been
in
the
company
of
the
murdered
man
.
Not
a
word
about
the
jewels
came
out
at
the
trial
,
for
the
rajah
had
been
deposed
and
driven
out
of
India
:
so
no
one
had
any
particular
interest
in
them
.
The
murder
,
however
,
was
clearly
made
out
,
and
it
was
certain
that
we
must
all
have
been
concerned
in
it
.
The
three
Sikhs
got
penal
servitude
for
life
,
and
I
was
condemned
to
death
,
though
my
sentence
was
afterwards
commuted
into
the
same
as
the
others
.
“
It
was
rather
a
queer
position
that
we
found
ourselves
in
then
.
There
we
were
all
four
tied
by
the
leg
and
with
precious
little
chance
of
ever
getting
out
again
,
while
we
each
held
a
secret
which
might
have
put
each
of
us
in
a
palace
if
we
could
only
have
made
use
of
it
.
It
was
enough
to
make
a
man
eat
his
heart
out
to
have
to
stand
the
kick
and
the
cuff
of
every
petty
jack
-
in
-
office
,
to
have
rice
to
eat
and
water
to
drink
,
when
that
gorgeous
fortune
was
ready
for
him
outside
,
just
waiting
to
be
picked
up
.
It
might
have
driven
me
mad
;
but
I
was
always
a
pretty
stubborn
one
,
so
I
just
held
on
and
bided
my
time
.
“
At
last
it
seemed
to
me
to
have
come
.
I
was
changed
from
Agra
to
Madras
,
and
from
there
to
Blair
Island
in
the
Andamans
.
There
are
very
few
white
convicts
at
this
settlement
,
and
,
as
I
had
behaved
well
from
the
first
,
I
soon
found
myself
a
sort
of
privileged
person
.
I
was
given
a
hut
in
Hope
Town
,
which
is
a
small
place
on
the
slopes
of
Mount
Harriet
,
and
I
was
left
pretty
much
to
myself
.
It
is
a
dreary
,
fever
-
stricken
place
,
and
all
beyond
our
little
clearings
was
infested
with
wild
cannibal
natives
,
who
were
ready
enough
to
blow
a
poisoned
dart
at
us
if
they
saw
a
chance
.
There
was
digging
,
and
ditching
,
and
yam
-
planting
,
and
a
dozen
other
things
to
be
done
,
so
we
were
busy
enough
all
day
;
though
in
the
evening
we
had
a
little
time
to
ourselves
.
Among
other
things
,
I
learned
to
dispense
drugs
for
the
surgeon
,
and
picked
up
a
smattering
of
his
knowledge
.
All
the
time
I
was
on
the
lookout
for
a
chance
of
escape
;
but
it
is
hundreds
of
miles
from
any
other
land
,
and
there
is
little
or
no
wind
in
those
seas
:
so
it
was
a
terribly
difficult
job
to
get
away
.
“
The
surgeon
,
Dr
.
Somerton
,
was
a
fast
,
sporting
young
chap
,
and
the
other
young
officers
would
meet
in
his
rooms
of
an
evening
and
play
cards
.
