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He gave instructions for me to be sworn in, and I took the oath on the sabre-blade, ate a pinch of salt, and was informed that I was now a skirmisher of the 3rd Native Light Cavalry, that my daffadar was Kudrat Ali, that I would be paid one rupee per day, with a quarter-anna dyeing allowance, and that since I had brought my own horse I would be excused the customary recruit deposit.

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They were already looking towards me, and now someone yelled an order, and before I knew it I had been seized by grinning sowars and hauled into the presence of a burly daffadar* (* Cavalry commander of ten.) standing by the fire, a mess-tin in his hand and his tunic unbuttoned.

Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

The colonel must pronounce, and so while he trotted back to his squadron post in the village, I must wait under guard of the glowering daffadar and his mates, resigned to capture.

Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

They loosed me in a twinkling, and the daffadar, open-mouthed, even began to button his tunic.

Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

He reined in, demanding of the daffadar what the devil was up, swinging out of the saddle and striding towards me - and to my consternation I knew him, and any hope of maintaining my disguise vanished.

Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

They came on carts after dark, four of them, two British, two Sikh, and had to be examined by torchlight; when the lids came off the coffins there were cries of horror and disbelief, and one or two of the younger fellows turned away, physically sick; after that no one said a word, except to whisper: "Christ ... that's Anderson!" or "That's Mahomed Bux - my daffadar!" or "That's De Normann ... is it?"

Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

They came on carts after dark, four of them, two British, two Sikh, and had to be examined by torchlight; when the lids came off the coffins there were cries of horror and disbelief, and one or two of the younger fellows turned away, physically sick; after that no one said a word, except to whisper: "Christ … that's Anderson!" or "That's Mahomed Bux — my daffadar!" or "That's De Normann … is it?"

Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

They came on carts after dark, four of them, two British, two Sikh, and had to be examined by torchlight; when the lids came off the coffins there were cries of horror and disbelief, and one or two of the younger fellows turned away, physically sick; after that no one said a word, except to whisper: "Christ ... that's Anderson!" or "That's Mahomed Bux - my daffadar!" or "That's De Normann ... is it?"

Flashman And The Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

He gave instructions for me to be sworn in, and I took the oath on the sabre-blade, ate a pinch of salt, and was informed that I was now a skirmisher of the 3rd Native Light Cavalry, that my daffadar was Kudrat Ali, that I would be paid one rupee per day, with a quarter-anna dyeing allowance, and that since I had brought my own horse I would be excused the customary recruit deposit.

Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975

He gave instructions for me to be sworn in, and I took the oath on the sabre-blade, ate a pinch of salt, and was informed that I was now a skirmisher of the 3rd Native Light Cavalry, that my daffadar was Kudrat Ali, that I would be paid one rupee per day, with a quarter-anna dyeing allowance, and that since I had brought my own horse I would be excused the customary recruit deposit.

Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975