The mandate of the Sultan of Delhi could not have been more promptly obeyed.
I was actually at Delhi, and the city was still in the possession of the mutineers.
I have only to-day reached Delhi with the remnant of my army, which has been pursued by the Russian advance guard.
Delhi was selected as the place where the meeting between the Queen's representative and the great nobles of India could most appropriately be held, and a committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements.
About a mile across the plain is another group of still more remarkable sepulchers, about seven or eight miles from Delhi.
