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24 spared the 'marriage.' So 3 or 4 of them tied Mahendra's hands and feet with the ropes of a cart and put him on it. Mahendra saw it was useless to show fight before so many men; and he thought it scarcely worth his while to be free, even if he could be so by force. For, he was then struck with grief for the loss of his wife and child and did not wish to live. The sepoys secured him well to the wheels of the cart and then they marched on with slow and solemn steps with their trust as before.