[Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray]@TWC D-Link bookBurlesques CHAPTER V 6/7
Have I ever seen the face of any other man ?" And hereat she began to weep as if her heart would break--the deceitful minx! Holkar's laugh was instantly turned to fury.
"Oh, you liar and eternal thief!" said he, turning round (as I presume, for I could only hear) to Loll Mahommed, "to make your prince eat such monstrous dirt as this! Furoshes, seize this man.
I dismiss him from my service, I degrade him from his rank, I appropriate to myself all his property: and hark ye, furoshes, GIVE HIM A HUNDRED DOZEN MORE!" Again I heard the whacks of the bamboos, and peace flowed into my soul. ***** Just as morn began to break, two figures were seen to approach the little fortress of Futtyghur: one was a woman wrapped closely in a veil, the other a warrior, remarkable for the size and manly beauty of his form, who carried in his hand a deal box of considerable size.
The warrior at the gate gave the word and was admitted, the woman returned slowly to the Indian camp.
Her name was Puttee Rooge; his was-- G.O'G.
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