human
Speak, Syud, he said, as they resumed their seats.
gpt
What is it to be?
human
I need not, my lord, replied the Syud.
gpt
What Alla hath put into thy heart I now see in thine eyes, and so be it! Ameen! ameen! ameen! It is his destiny. He is not fit to live; let him die, perjured and faithless as he is. My lord, he had sworn on the holy book to me to be true. He had touched my feet and my neck as witness to his oath. Yet see, since then, nay, within a few weeks, this letter--worst of all--was written. But O, my prince! there must be no mistake. Even at the last, let not the blood of a guiltless man be on our heads.
human
Meer Sahib, he said,
gpt
God forbid! replied the Syud--
human
God forbid! it is enough. I see in this revelation the hand of the All-wise, and we, his creatures, should not resist His destinies and His justice. We cannot do so even if we wished, and he bowed his head reverently over his beads.
gpt
Hark! what is that?
human
Ulla dilâyâ to léonga! Ulla dilâyâ to léonga! (If God give I will take! If God give I will take)
gpt
Listen! he continued, grasping the Meerza's arm.
human
What is that cry, so strange, and so early?
gpt
It is but one of the city beggars, said the King, looking across to his secretary with a peculiar glance of intelligence,
human
I will go and listen,
gpt
Ulla dilâyâ to léonga!