human
Alas, alas! he said, pretending to weep bitterly,
gpt
We can do nothing more, Meah,
human
My lord, I ate their salt--why should I tell a lie? he returned, with a real expression of sorrow.
gpt
Go and see if they be in their house.
human
They are after no good, thought Jánoo;
gpt
Poor girl, thought Fazil,
human
None, my lord. The Shastree's elder wife came from Wye in the Concan, they say; and the last one, Moro Trimmul's sister, also from thence. Here there is no one; and I would not tell them if there were, he added to himself.
gpt
What do they want with them?
human
We had better go, Meah Sahib, said Pahar Singh.
gpt
I will but tell Boorhan-oo-deen the Näik to seal up the house of the Shastree, and guard it from plunder, and join thee at thy father's. Do not wait for me.
human
O that Zyna was here, he thought.
gpt
She might be a sister to her, and soothe away that grief. Who can break to her what has happened?