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You saw Ismail, my gateman? His very brother took the letters back and forth!" "But why should Gungadhura risk his throne by anything so foolish?" "He thinks to save it. He thinks to prove that the tribes began the dickering, and then to offer his army to the English Tom Tripe and all! Patali put him up to it. Perhaps she wants a necklace made of Hill-men's teeth who knows?
And even with his experienced cynicism it never entered his head to suppose that Patali was the individual who warned Yasmini in advance of the preparations being made to poison her by Gungadhura's orders.
Yet even Patali did not know the real reason why Gungadhura lusted for possession of that small house on the hill. She believed it was for a house of pleasure for herself. "Persuade the American gold-digger to transfer the lease of it," she suggested. "He is thy servant. He dare not refuse."
I asked him "What is that camp which I see at some distance?" He answered "The Lord of Lâta, Mattakâla by name, hearing again and again of the great beauty of Vâmalochana, daughter of Víraketu, sovereign of this country, asked her in marriage, and was refused. Being determined to obtain her, he raised an army and besieged Pâtali, the capital city.
Patali ceased from stroking his head, for she recognized in his eyes the blaze of determination, and it put all her instincts on the defensive. "Pen, ink and paper!" he ordered. Patali brought them, and he addressed the envelope first, practising the spelling and the none too easily accomplished English. "Why to him?" she asked, watching beside his shoulder.
The priest went through the form of blessing him, taking more than the usual time about the ceremony for sake of the annoyance that it gave. Gungadhura was too superstitious to dare interrupt him. "Better tell that Mukhum Dass to sell me the house cheap," said the maharajah as a sort of afterthought. Patali had been whispering to him. "Tell him the gods would take it as an act of merit."
The whole transaction must be secret from the British. Reporting the encounter afterward to her employer Patali hardly seemed proud of her share in it. All the information she brought back was to the effect that Yasmini denied all knowledge of the treasure, and all desire to possess it. "I think she knows nothing. She said very little to me. She laughed at the idea of bargaining with Englishmen.
Vasundhara, Queen of Anantavarma the King of Vidarba. Vidarba, name of a country. Videha, a country called also Mithila. Vidyâdhara, one of the numerous demigods. Vidyeswara, the conjuror who married Râjavâhana to Avantisundari. Vikatavarma, King of Mithila, husband of Kalpasundari. Vimardaka, a keeper of a gaming house, employed by Apahâravarma. Víraketu, King of Pâtali, father of Vâmalochana.
"I know it! I know it!" "If I were a man " She waited, but he gave no sign of manhood. "If I were a man I know what I would do!" "Peace, Patali! I am a ruined man. They will all desert me as soon as the news is out. They are deserting now; I feel it in my bones. I have none to send." "Send? It is only maharajahs who must send. Men do their own work!
But he was sensible enough to know that Dick Blaine could not be put out of his house by less than legal process. Patali, watching the expression of his eyes, mercurially changed her tactics. "Today the court is closed," she said. "Tomorrow Mukhum Dass will go to file his paper and defeat the suit of Dhulap Singh.
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