human
Dog! Kassim snarled,
gpt
Bring the dog of an infidel water that he may tell the truth.
human
If you do not kill me, Prince, I will tell what I know.
gpt
Tell it, dog, then die in peace,
human
Bhowanee help me, I will not tell. If I die I die with my spirit cast at thy shrine.
gpt
Tie the torches to the infidel's fingers; we will have the truth.
human
What this dog knows is of more value to our whole people, considering the message that has been brought, than his worthless life that is but the life of a swine.
gpt
These thugs, when they cast themselves in the protection of Kali, die like fanatics, and this one is but an animal. Torture will not bring the truth. Mark you, Jamadar, I will make the compact with him. Do not lead an objection, but trust me.
human
But the dead Chief, Commander--?
gpt
Yes, because of him; he loved his people. And the knowledge that yon dog has he would not have sacrificed.
human
But is Amir Khan to be unavenged?
gpt
Allah will punish yonder infidel for the killing of one of the true faith. Go and summon the officers from below and we will decide upon this.
human
A confession brought forth by torture is often but a lie, the concoction of a mind crazed with pain. If this dog, who has more courage than feeling, sees the chance of his life he will tell us the truth.
gpt
The necessity is great, Kassim declared,
human
This has been decided upon, dog, that if thou confess, reveal to us information that is of value to our people, the torture shall cease, and no man's head in the whole Pindari camp shall be raised against thee either to wound or take thy life.
gpt
But the gaol, Hazari Sahib?
human
No, dog, if thou but tell the truth in full, that we may profit, to-morrow thou may go free, and if any man in the camp wounds thee his life will pay for it. Till noon thou may have for the going; even food for thy start on the way back to the land of thy accursed tribe. By the Beard of the Prophet no man of all the Pindari force shall wound thee. Now speak quick, for I have given a pledge.