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Eager as I am to see your dear mother , I do n't want to have to be lifted off my horse when I arrive there , almost speechless with fatigue . '' The next day they rode on to Kistnagherry , passing a small frontier fort without question . They slept at the post house there , Dick and Surajah having removed their scarves and emblems of rank , as soon as they passed the frontier , in order to escape all inquiries . They started next morning at daybreak , and arrived within sight of Tripataly at ten o'clock . `` Now , Father , I will gallop on , '' Dick said . `` I must break the news to Mother , before you arrive . '' `` Certainly , Dick , '' his father , who had scarcely spoken since they started , replied .