human
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo! Aye-aye! yi-yi-yi-yi!
gpt
Bhowanee, thou hast vouchsafed to thy devotees the _pilsao_. We will strew thy shrine with flowers and sweetmeats.
human
Bhowanee is pleased; the suspicies are favourable; had the call of the jackal been from the right it would have been the _tibao_ and we should have had to wait until the sweet goddess gave us another sign. Now we may go back, and perhaps she will confirm this omen as we go.
gpt
The hangman always advises the one who is to have his neck stretched that he is better off dead.
human
What do you mean by that?
gpt
Just that you are not going on this mission, Ajeet;
human
If you are afraid to go Sookdee will be well without you,
gpt
Dost hear that, Guru? Hunsa queried.
human
In a decoity is not the lowing of a cow in a village held to be an evil omen?
gpt
Not so, Hunsa, the Priest declared.
human
It is an evil omen if the decoity is to be made on the village in which the cow raises her voice, but we are going to our own camp in peace, and it is a voice of approval.
gpt
As to that, Ajeet commented,
human
You'd like that,
gpt
Not being given to lies, it would not displease me, for, as the hangman said, you would be better dead.