At the Alumbagh Dick Warrener--for Ned was with his regiment, which, to his great disgust, had remained at Cawnpore--had the joy of meeting his father again, as Warrener's Horse had not shared in Havelock's advance to the Residency, but had remained as part of the garrison of the Alumbagh. It is needless to tell of the delight of that meeting after all that the lads had gone through since they parted from their father, nearly four months before, at Cawnpore. Colonel Warrener had heard of the safe arrival of his sons at Delhi before he marched up from Cawnpore, but since then no word had reached him. Captains Dunlop and Manners were also delighted to meet him again; and the whole of the troop vied with each other in the heartiness of the welcome accorded to him. Disease and death had sadly lessened the ranks; and of the one hundred men who had volunteered at Meerut to form a body of horse, not more than fifty now remained in the ranks. It was very late at night--or rather, early in the morning--before the party assembled in Colonel Warrener's tent separated, to seek a few hours' sleep before the _réveillé_ sounded for the troops to rise and prepare for the advance.