Chapter 6 Summary

Had he not been curious and been thinking clearly, Flashy would have fled to British infantry lines, but instead he rides towards the jail. He is shocked to see natives chase down and tear apart a white soldier. Riding blindly to the Grand Trunk Road, Flashy sees a murderous rabble and many horrible things. The freed prisoners attack British Town. Flashy sees that anyone of suspected loyalty is butchered. Flashy cannot imagine why Hewitt's soldiers are not taking action against this mob hours after the rioting begins. Eventually, Flashy heads for British lines. Viewing the carnage in Courtney's bungalow he vomits and stumbles on to Mason's, where he arms himself with a pistol before finding Mrs. Leslie beheaded, stripped, and mutilated near Mrs. MacDowall's corpse.

Blubbering at horrors beyond anything he has ever seen and filled with a degree of hatred he has...