Gurgan Khan. With the big factory at Monghyr.
Mahatab. Is he a Hindoo or a Musalman?
Gurgan Khan. A Hindoo.
Mahatab. What's his name?
Gurgan Khan. Pratap Roy.
Mahatab. Where does he come from?
Gurgan Khan. From the neighbourhood of Murshidabad.
Mahatab. I have heard his name—he is an ordinary man.
Gurgan Khan. By God, he is a dangerous man.
Mahatab. What has led him to plunge into this affair?
Gurgan Khan. He bears a severe grudge against the Calcutta Factory.
Mahatab. We must bring him over to our side—what can buy him up?
Gurgan Khan. It is not possible to answer this question till we come to know what has set him to this work. If he has undertaken it on mercenary considerations, it will not take much time to win him over; but if there be anything else at the bottom?
Mahatab. What else can it be? What is
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