Elliot shook his head when he heard Jack"s news. "Your grandfather is the Rajah"s military commander? We can surely use that."
"Only if the Rajah decides to join us," Jack said. "If the Rajah is on our side, Jayanti and her warriors can"t stay in the fort."
"What"s your plan, Jack?"
"Do you remember back at Lucknow, when Riley and Logan were absent for a while and Sergeant Greaves reported them?"
"I remember," Elliot said. "You caught them swimming, as I recall."
"That was their story. Now, you and I know Riley better than that. He was after something more interesting than a face full of Indian river water."
Elliot nodded. "I thought it strange at the time."
"Cast your mind back to when Campbell evacuated Lucknow, and there was a convoy of tumbrels and wagons carrying treasure and t
