human
If I produce the Moolla who married me, he said, scornfully,
gpt
I, your slave, will speak the truth, master, he said, removing the false beard he wore; and then prostrating himself before the King, cried,
human
May I be your sacrifice, O King, but I am not even one of the faithful; I am only a Hindoo, a poor buffoon, who frequents marriages and festivals, and tries to amuse people. The night Zóra-bee was to be married, and when thy servant found the Moolla walked away in a huff, and we sat looking at each other like owls, I clapped on my beard and wagged it, and said, 'Good people, let me marry them;' and, God pardon me, I tried to recite----
gpt
Enough! enough! this is no time or place for thy buffoonery, cried the King, who, however grave the occasion, could hardly keep his countenance.
human
Away from the presence. Is the Khan mad, mother, that he tried this last resource?
gpt
I know not, said the Queen;
human
The Queen had been sobbing as she sat, and her face was wet with tears.
gpt
Come to me, Zóra, she said gently to her,
human
and the girl, who had sat down weeping tears which soothed and relieved her, whispered to her grandfather that the Queen needed her, and rising, passed behind the throne to the Queen Dowager's seat; and the Royal lady, placing her hands on the girl's head, rose up, and said to all present, as Zóra stood beside her,
gpt
This child the Lord hath preserved from danger and ruin, and she is pure, and a holy Syudanee. She is an orphan, moreover, and her revered grandfather, Syud Luteef Shah Wallee, is old and infirm. Therefore, we, our lord the King and myself, adopt her as our daughter, and will marry her honourably in her own rank. As for that man, and she pointed to Osman Beg,
human
And then once more the great hall rung with cries of
gpt
Justice is done! May Chand Beebee live a hundred years!
human
Hear the gracious words she speaks!