Fraser at a party given
by the Raja of Kishangarh. '_When his time is come_,' said Karim, 'we
shall no doubt find an opportunity to kill him, if we watch him
carefully.' They left the groom at home that evening, and proceeded
to the 'dargah' (church) near the canal. Seeing Ania with merely a
Stick in his hand, Karim bid him go back and change it for a sword,
while he went in and said his evening prayers.
On being rejoined by Ania, they took the road to cantonments, which
passed by Mr. Fraser's house; and Ania observed that the risk was
hardly equal in this undertaking, he being on foot, while Karim was
on horseback; that he should be sure to be taken, while the other
might have a fair chance of escape. It was now quite dark, and Karim
bid him stand by sword in hand; and if anybody attempted to seize his
horse when he fired, cut him down, and be assured that while he had
life he would never suffer him, Ania, to be taken. Karim continued to
patrol up and down on the high-road, that nobody might notice him,
while Ania stood by the road-side. At last, about eleven o'clock,
they heard Mr. Fraser approach, attended by one trooper, and two
'peons' on foot; and Karim walked his horse slowly, as if he had been
going from the city to the cantonments, till Mr.
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