Of course you can remain here if you prefer it, but it seems to me that the other would be the better plan." "I should certainly prefer to go with Sufder to my home," Soyera said.

"I have numbers of acquaintances here, but no real friends; and Ramdass and Anundee will, I know, joyfully receive me." "At any rate, you shall be no burden to them, Soyera.

I will give you a thousand rupees, with which you can pay your share of the expenses of the house or land; and I will give you a similar sum to hand to Ramdass, as a token of my gratitude for his protection and kindness.

This will enable him to add to his holding, and to the comforts of his house.

I would willingly give much more, but it might cause suspicion and enquiry, were he to extend his holding largely; and the authorities of Jooneer might demand from him how he became possessed of such means.