human
Why tell me this now,--to mock me, to exult?
gpt
But it is the message, Sahib, that is more than the life of a _sepoy_, is it not?
human
Why do you say this--do you know where it is?
gpt
These are from the feet of the messenger who is dead. The one the Sahib beat over the head with his pistol dropped them,--and he was carrying them for a purpose. The Sahib knows, perhaps, the secret way of this land.
human
Bootea knows not if they are of value, the leather soles, but if the Sahib would open them, then if there are eyes that watch the curtains are drawn.