A dacoit stepped into view, crouched down, and carefully trained the piece.
From one of the small, slit-like windows they watched the movements of the dacoits.
The newcomers were a couple of dacoits, one the man who had been wounded by Jack's first shot.
The only theory that he could form was that the attackers were a band of Bengali political dacoits.
Would the dacoits beat the door down and be upon them before he could give the word?
