human
Do you know any of the associates of Dom Diego? asked the Grand Inquisitor of the old deacon.
gpt
Speak truly and freely, but beware of slander or falsehood!
human
Know them? Yes; I know many. I know Pedro di Diaz, who used to come from Elias Khan, before Eyn-ool-Moolk, with money and letters, and I and many other people have seen him drinking with the Padré there. There was another man called Bartholomew, who sometimes came with him, and sometimes with others. All were rude, violent men. Diaz had the name of 'Pirate' among them. All of them kept out of our good Padré's way; and perhaps he never saw them--he was too innocent; but among ourselves we wondered at the profligacy that was carried on; not near the church, but in the bazaar of the town, where the great Padré used to come. One day one of the bankers in the city said to me, 'Your great Padré is very rich; I have exchanged fifty thousand rupees for him for bills on Panjim (Goa), and other bankers have also made remittances privately for him. 'Where does he get this money?' I said I could not tell, but it was reported everywhere that the Padré was a soldier in disguise, who was going to bring up Feringis and guns against Beejapoor. If that was to be kept secret, he had better not have trusted Pedro di Diaz, for he used openly to boast of it to many, and it became public talk. Does the Padré wish to ask me any questions? I will answer them, my princes, as truly as I have sworn to do upon the holy books and the holy water.
gpt
What did I or we care about all this? continued the old man, excitedly;
human
And why did Francis d'Almeida and his sister leave so suddenly?
gpt
The citation to him had been read, replied the old man;
human
We had not heard of this alleged insult before, daughter, said the Inquisitor;
gpt
My lords and illustrious fathers, said Maria, modestly,