human
Captain Sahib, he said,
gpt
But still, Chief, though Hunsa has an animal cunning, yet he could not make up such a story--he has heard it somewhere.
human
And to think, Captain Sahib, that but for the Gulab we would have slain you as the murderer of Amir Khan. As a Patan, even if I had wished it, I could not have fended the _tulwars_ from your body. And you were a brave man, such as a Pindari loves; rather than announce thyself as an Englay--the paper gone and thy mission failed--thou wouldst have stood up to death like a soldier.
gpt
By the Beard of the Prophet thou art a man! But all this, Sahib, is to this end; we hold the Gulab in reverence, as did Amir Khan, and if it is permitted, I would have her put in thy hands for her going. Those that were here in the camp with her fled at the first alarm, and my riders discovered to-day, too late, that they hid in an old mud-walled fort about three miles from here whilst my Pindaris scoured the country for them; then when my riders returned they escaped. So the Gulab is alone. I will send a guard of fifty horsemen and they will ride with thee till thou turnest their horses' heads homeward, and for the Gulab there will be a _tonga_, such as a Nawab might use, drawn by well-fed, and well-shod horses. That, too, she may keep to the end of her journey and afterwards, returning but the driver.
human
My salaams to you, Chief, for your goodness. To-morrow if it please you I will go with your promises to the British.
gpt
It is a command, Sahib--to-morrow. And may the Peace of Allah be upon thee and thy house always!