opposeitspassage。Thisdouble-dealingansweredhispurpose，whichwastokeeptheBugisforcesdividedandtoweakenthembyfighting。Ontheotherhand，hehadinthecourseofthatdaysentwordtotheassembledBugischiefsintown，assuringthemthathewastryingtoinducetheinvaderstoretire；hismessagestothefortaskedearnestlyforpowderfortheRajah’smen。ItwasalongtimesinceTunkuAllanghadhadammunitionforthescoreorsoofoldmusketsrustingintheirarm-racksintheaudience-hall。
Theopenintercoursebetweenthehillandthepalaceunsettledalltheminds。Itwasalreadytimeformentotakesides，itbegantobesaid。
Therewouldsoonbemuchbloodshed，andthereaftergreattroubleformanypeople。Thesocialfabricoforderly，peacefullife，wheneverymanwassureofto-morrow，theedificeraisedbyJim’shands，seemedonthateveningreadytocollapseintoaruinreekingwithblood。Thepoorerfolkwerealreadytakingtothebushorflyinguptheriver。AgoodmanyoftheupperclassjudgeditnecessarytogoandpaytheircourttotheRajah。TheRajah’syouthsjostledthemrudely。OldTunkuAllang，almostoutofhismindwithfearandindecision，eitherkeptasullensilenceorabusedthemviolentlyfordaringtocomewithemptyhands：theydepartedverymuchfrightened；
onlyoldDoraminkepthiscountrymentogetherandpursuedhistacticsinflexibly。
Enthronedinabigchairbehindtheimprovisedstockade，heissuedhisordersinadeepveiledrumble，unmoved，likeadeafman，intheflyingrumours。