_Headman_
Your Lordship, my third son is getting to be quite a big boy. He
came the other day to prostrate himself at your feet. After two days
of dancing attendance outside, he had to go away without gaining
admission to you. He feels it very bitterly. My daughter-in-law
has made with her own hands an offering of sweet pumpkin for Your
Lordship----
_Governor_
Oh confound you! Tell him to come day after to-morrow, he will be
admitted. _Now, will you_----
(_Headman goes. The Deputy Governor comes in._)
_Deputy Governor_
I’ve just sent on the dancing girls and musicians to the garden.
_Governor_
And that little matter about Rañjan,--how far----?
_Deputy Governor_
That kind of work is not in my line. The Assistant Governor has taken
it upon himself to do the job. By this time his----
_Governor_
Does the King----?
_Deputy Governor_
The King can’t possibly have understood. Some lie told by our men has
goaded Rañjan to frenzy, and he’s rushing to the usual fate of----I
detest the whole business. Moreover, I don’t think it right to
deceive the King like this.
_Governor_