25/35 I myself have heard nothing from him, for some time. He knows that the Company are well disposed towards him; but he also knows that they can give him no assistance, in a sudden crisis." "But surely, Colonel, Bajee Rao, who owes everything to him, will not desert him ?" "My opinion of the Peishwa is that he is a man without a spark of good feeling; that he has neither conscience nor gratitude, and would betray his own brother, if he thought that he would obtain any advantage by so doing. He is a born schemer, and his sole idea of politics is to play off one faction against another. I would rather take the word of a man of the lowest class, than the oath of Bajee Rao." "I am sorry to hear it, sir. He seemed to me to be a fine fellow, with many accomplishments. |