human
It is a weighty matter, my lords, he said,
gpt
he continued, after a pause, as if to collect his thoughts.
human
Your slave would represent that he heard a conversation between the young Khan there and a man whose name may hardly be mentioned in Beejapoor, Tannajee Maloosray.
gpt
Maloosray! echoed the Kótwal.
human
Protection of God! thou art not mad to say this? or drunk?
gpt
May I be your sacrifice! continued the man, evidently observing that his words had made an impression,
human
I am not mad, and I have an oath against wine. I swear by the King's salt, that he spoke with Maloosray.
gpt
And he was disguised like a Gosai, Fureed?
human
Khódawund! what did he tell you himself he was? replied the man.
gpt
He changed his dress when his father came. Even now the ashes may be on his body.
human
What said the young Khan to Maloosray? asked the Kótwal of the Kullal.
gpt
Speak truly, or I will have thee flogged through the bazar, and all thy property confiscated for irregular hours in thy shop.