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Updated: May 26, 2025
"Disturbed, I made inquiry: "'Baji Lal, my friend, what is the matter? Are you ailing? "But he only shook his head, and turned away. "To Devaka I then appealed. "'What is the meaning of this? I asked. 'Sadness and silence where everything used to be joy. "She drew aside the sari that had concealed her face, and I was shocked at its grief-stricken aspect.
"'There was quite a little crowd just here by the tank, discussing the situation, the sick man in their midst resting upon the ground, when Baji Lal and his wife, who happened to be passing, came forward to see what the commotion was all about. They listened to the story, and then told the stranger he might come with them.
"'But, most extraordinary thing of all, and one that brought convincing confirmation to what had at first been mere suspicion, at night there could be heard heartbreaking cries and sobs coming from the house of Baji Lal. The voice was not his, nor that of his wife; it was, in all truth, the wail of a spirit, plaintive at times, then angry as if shrieking aloud for vengeance.
His glances were at first atrocious, but presently changed their expression, and appeared to me to become prying and eagerly curious. He at last arose, picked up his sword, sheathed it, and walked slowly to the door, when there he stopped, turned round, advanced close to Francisco, and looked him steadfastly in the face. 'My good fellow, said he, 'I am a Gypsy, and can read baji.
"'It is even a relief to be here, he cried, in broken tones, 'here, prisoners in this place of shame, because at least we are no longer haunted by the voice of the dead Sheikh. "He flung his hands out in an abhorrent gesture, and raised tear-filled, pleading eyes to mine. "I had been listening intently to Baji Lal's story, and had watched the changes on his impassioned face.
He gratefully accepted, and, after whispering some instructions to a servant by whom he was accompanied, he motioned to Baji Lal to lead the way. The little group moved off, the servant in the rear, leading the horses, which included a pack animal laden with the traveller's bedding, cooking pots, and other belongings.
Therefore, I took the opportunity of paying a business visit to Benares, resting content in my mind that the harp could be in no safer place than in its snug hiding at the home of Baji Lal, where no robbers would ever dream of prying. "'However, I was just on the eve of retracing my steps to this village when Chunda Das came to Punderpur in quest of me.
Now indeed was I thoroughly alarmed, likewise my companion, and of one accord, without waiting to visit the constable's compound, we turned our horses' heads in the direction of the home of Baji Lal. "And there indeed we found a dense crowd, the hoarse murmur of their voices being borne to our ears before we turned the corner.
See, there he is, hastening to rescue his humble friends. He has not rested day or night since he heard of the disaster that had befallen them. "The crowd had parted before the Sheikh, and through the rift I now beheld Baji Lal, standing with his hands tied behind him at a little distance from his burning home. But to my surprise Sheikh Ahmed darted past him.
"At last Baji Lal spoke, raising his face but still remaining seated on the divan we were wont in former times to share. "'Go thy way, Chunda Das, he said. 'The sword of fate has descended upon this house. Come not again to a place accursed. "Then did I realize that the trouble was serious. "'But, my friend and brother, I protested, 'I cannot depart and leave you thus.
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