There was Major Sholto, Captain Morstan, and Lieutenant Bromley Brown, who were in command of the native troops, and there was the surgeon himself, and two or three prison-officials, crafty old hands who played a nice sly safe game.
Daar waren dan de majoor Sholto, kapitein Morstan, en luitenant Bromley Brown, die het bevel voerden over de inlandsche troepen, en de geneesheer zelf met nog twee of drie ambtenaren over de gevangenen; allen uitmuntende spelers.