330 MAJOR W. HODSON. 



account : " I had been spending the greater part 

 of an afternoon with him in his tent. His name 

 and fame were on everybody's lips, and he had been 

 recounting to me some of the stirring scenes in his 

 romantic life. It seems to me now as if he must 

 have had some prophetic warning that his end was 

 near at hand, for he gave me several things as 

 keepsakes, and at the termination of our interview, 

 on my remarking that he must be looking forward 

 to some respite from his labours, he solemnly re- 

 plied, 'Yes, Wilkinson, I shall be glad of some rest.' 

 We then parted, and not many hours afterwards he 

 was summoned to his eternal rest." ^ 



About noon of the 11th Hodson's regiment was 

 ordered to march at 4 p.m. to the camp of Brigadier 

 Campbell beyond the Alambagh, leaving a squadron 

 behind to co-operate with Jang Bahadur. Mean- 

 while Hodson himself started off with two of his 

 orderlies to the headquarters camp to learn how 

 matters were going on within the city. " We were 

 to wait for his return before marching," writes Dr 

 Thomas Anderson, surgeon to Hodson's Horse. 

 " The sore on his leg was then so nearly well that 

 he could ride, but I asked him not to do so, but 

 to drive to the Dilkusha and there mount his horse, 

 which was to be sent on to wait for him there. 

 This he did, and sent back the dog-cart in which he 

 had driven to the Dilkusha. In the mean time we 

 tiffed, struck our tents, and sent on our baggage, 

 and were sitting under the shade of some trees 

 waiting for his return. Captain Gough, who com- 

 manded, waited till 5 p.m., when he gave the order 

 to march, as otherwise it would be dark before 



^ The Gemini Generals. 



