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Updated: May 16, 2025
I suppose it was about that time that Surji Rao began to consider whether it was after all for the best interests of the State that ee-Wobbis should remain in it. Surji Rao was first Minister to the Maharajah, and a very important person. He had charge of the Treasury, and it was his business to produce every day one hundred fresh rupees to put into it.
'When was he killed? 'In the evening on the tenth day of the month. I do not properly know for why. It was not the Maharajah, added Sunni quickly; 'it was Maun Rao. Ee-Wobbis was my countryman, and I hate Maun Rao. The orderly came for the final message that was to be sent to the Maharajah. Colonel Starr told him it would be ready in half an hour. 'Have they given you any breakfast? he asked.
'And look you, ee-Wobbis, said he, 'I have promised the Viceroy in Calcutta that you shall be safe in my country, and you shall be safe, though I never asked you to come here. But if any khaber goes to Calcutta about this boy, and if there is the least confusion regarding him, your mouth shall be stopped, and you shall not talk any more to my people.
'Sonny Sahib! quavered the old woman hoarsely, 'what have I to give you? Dil kushi, I have nothing. 'Heart's delight. 'What from fear you have never given up, nor burnt, nor thrown away, said Sunni, firmly; 'what you said false words to ee-Wobbis about, when you told him it had been stolen from you. My little black book, with my God in it. 'Hazur! I have it not. 'Give it to me, said Sunni.
The Colonel tried another way: 'Come, my little chap, said he gently, 'you are English, are you not? Sunni nodded. Then you must serve the English Queen. She has sent me here to punish the Maharajah for killing the padre-sahib. You must help me. 'The Maharajah DID NOT kill ee-Wobbis, cried Sunni excitedly. 'I have already once said that. The Maharajah he LIKE ee-Wobbis.
'Yes, said the Maharajah, 'but not yet, ee-Wobbis. The boy will be well here for a year, and you shall teach him. At the end of that time we will speak again of this matter. Dr. Roberts was not satisfied. He asked the Maharajah at all events to allow Sunni to live with him in his empty jail, but His Highness refused absolutely.
'I came by a rope from the palace to the pipal-tree, and thence to the south wall, and thence to the river bed. It was not hard. Knowing the shallows of the river, I arrived quite easily by wading. 'You come from the fort? Are there any other English there? The Colonel's voice was quick and eager. 'Not even one! Ee-Wobbis was there, but he is killed. 'Ah! said Colonel Starr.
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