human
I received your letter, Maun Singh, he said, before that person was seated.
gpt
Why did you delay? Why did you let that boy leave you? By Gunga, if the boy dies, or comes to hurt, your life shall answer for it.
human
Pahar Singh, replied the other, who always addressed his cousin by name if he were angry, and who had less fear of him than any one else,
gpt
I have done good work. There are more than twenty thousand rupees yonder, and I have only lost one man.
human
True, true, brother, cried the chief, waving his hand;
gpt
I sent him to Poorungeer, the banker, with the bills, to see if any were negotiable. There he heard of something; and when all was quiet at Muntalla, he departed at night without my knowledge. He only left word that he had gone after some good business, and was not to be followed.
human
Wrong, Maun Singh. Thou wert wrong not to watch him--not to send men after him. If he dies, O Maun Singh, O brother, it were better thou wert never born!
gpt
His fate is not in my hand, Pahar Singh, retorted the other;
human
Do you answer me? do you answer me?
gpt
Is this money to be counted? he said, pointing to the bags;
human
Good! Go, Maun Singh. I shall be quieter when you return, replied the chief.
gpt
Ah, yes! we were once the same, brother. We could not be stopped either, he said more gently,
human
The hunchbacks are with him, and they are all on foot, brother, returned Maun Singh:
gpt
No; go home--go home. No; let him hunt his own game,
human
But about the money? Déo Rao wants to get home now, for he is starving,
gpt
Let him go then!
human
No, he can't go till it is counted,
gpt
It need not be counted.
human
It must be counted, Maharaj! If there is a rupee wrong we shall never hear the last of it. The bags have never been opened--who knows what is in them?
gpt
It may be gold, Amrut Rao. Come, who knows? yes, who knows? Come,