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"And for another nation's country," Nana Sahib rasped. "He is a born pirate, a bred pirate we in India know that; and that, General, is why I am a Brahmin, because they alone will free Mahrattaland faith, ideals. Forms! the gods to me are not more than show-pieces.
The Peshwa was actually the ruler of Mahrattaland; he had a commanding influence because he was the head of the Brahmins the Brahmins were the real power and his adopted son, his inborn subtle nature developed by his residence in England, now had great influence over him.
That Kali spreads the cholera is one with the idea that the little red-daubed stone Linga gets the woman a male child, false; these things are in ourselves, and in Brahm. The priests sacrifice to Shiva, but I will sacrifice to Mahrattaland, which to me is the supreme God."
"Sirdar," he said, "never call me Nana Sahib again. The English call me that, but I wait must wait; I smile and suffer. I am Dandhu Panth, a Brahmin. The English so loved me that they tried to make an Englishman of me, but, by Brahm! they taught me hate, which is their lot till the sea swallows the last of the accursed breed and Mahrattaland is free!"
He had a wealth of jewels pearls the size of a bird's egg, emeralds the size of a betel nut, and diamonds that were like stars. This was true for the merchant had paid the duty as he passed the border into Mahrattaland. Ajeet gave the yogi two rupees for food, though, viewing the animated skeleton, it seemed a touch of irony.
At any rate Sewlal sent for Hunsa the night of the ordeal and explained to him, somewhat casually, that a jewel merchant passing through Mahrattaland had in his collection a ruby of no great value, but a stone that he would like to become possessed of because a ruby was his lucky gem.
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