human
Why do you ask that question? Have you heard from lips--perhaps loosened by wine or desire--aught of this?
gpt
Tell me, girl.
human
I have heard nothing of war, she said.
gpt
There was a something though that men whispered in the dark.
human
What was it?
gpt
It was of the Chief of the Pindaris.
human
With the Pindaris there is always trouble. Something of robbery--of a raid, was it?
gpt
I will listen again to those that whisper in the dark, she answered,
human
I hope those men didn't fall in with my two chaps,
gpt
The two who rode--they were the Captain Sahib's servants?
human
Yes, they were: I suppose I can trust you.
gpt
And the Sahib is troubled? Perhaps it was a message for the Sahib that they carried.
human
I don't know, he answered, evasively.
gpt
I was thinking that perhaps they might be messengers, for our sepoys are not stationed here, and come but on such errands.
human
And if they were lulled, and the message stolen, it would cause trouble?
gpt
I don't know. But the messages of a Raj are not for the ears of men to whom they have not been sent.