CHAPTER VIII
in the field of battle
handra shekhar came out of the tent with Shaibalini and found Ramananda Swami standing at the entrance. The Swami said to Chandra Shekhar, "Well, what will you do now?"
"How am I to save Shaibalini? enquired Chandra Shekhar anxiously. "Bullets and balls are coming from all sides like hails—nothing can be seen through smoke—where to go?"
"There is no cause for anxiety," replied Ramananda Swami, in an assuring tone. "Don't you mark the direction the Mahamedans are running to? What prospects can there be for the Nawab when his soldiers are taking to heels at the very outset of the battle? It seems to me, that the English are exceptionally lucky, strong, courageous and skilfuI—a day will, perhaps, come when they will bring under their subjection the whole of the sacred Hindusthan. Let us better follow the routed Mahamedans. I do not care much about
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