human
Ah-ha!
gpt
Methinks the slayer will need this no more.
human
If it is permitted I will take this to those who entrusted Hunsa with this foul mission to show them that he is dead.
gpt
A clever woman thou art--it is a wise thought; take it by all means, for indeed that dog's head will need little when they have finished with him,
human
Look you all! he cried holding it spread out in the light of the lamp;
gpt
Is this the message thou brought?
human
It is, Commander.
gpt
Where didst thou get it, dog of an infidel?
human
Without the gate of the palace, my Lord. I found it lying there where the Sahib had dropped it in his flight.
gpt
Allah! thou art a liar of brazenness. He spoke to a Jamadar:
human
Have brought the leather nosebag of a horse and hot ashes so that we may come by the truth.
gpt
Beside the seal here is the name, Rana Bhim,
human
Yes, Commander; the Rana has put his seal upon it that he will join his Rajputs with the British and the Pindaris to drive from Mewar Sindhia--the one whose Dewan sent Hunsa to slay your Chief.
gpt
Thou sayest so, but how know I that Hunsa is not in thy hand, and that thou didst not prepare the way for the killing? Here beside the name of the Rana is drawn a lance; that suggests an order to kill, a secret order. He turned to a sepoy,
human
Bring the Rajput, Zalim.
gpt
It was Nana Sahib who sent Hunsa and the decoits to slay Amir Khan, because he feared an alliance between the Chief and the British.
human
And thou wert one of them?
gpt
I came to warn Amir Khan, and--
human
And what, woman--the decoits were your own people?
gpt
Yonder Sahib had saved my life--saved me from the harem of Nana Sahib, and I came to save his life and your Chief's.