follows the death of those, who have unjustly imprisoned me.
Kulsam. But then, why should you be at all so anxious for your deliverence? The Englishmen do not seem to have any other motive than to merely keep us under arrest—they are not molesting us in any way. They have simply imprisoned us, and we women will be imprisoned wherever we may go.
Dalani was greatly annoyed, and she said,
"If I have to live like a captive in my own house, I shall still be regarded there as Dalani Begum; but here I am no better than a poor slave girl. It sickens me to talk with you. Now, can you say, why the Englishmen have imprisoned us?"
Kulsam. Why, they have already given out their mind! We are here as much a security for the Nawab's good conduct, as Mr. Hay is at Monghyr for that of the English. We shall be released as soon as Mr. Hay is let off; if Mr. Hay is left unmolested, we have nothing to be afraid of.
Dalani got more annoyed and said,
"I have nothing to do whatsoever with your Hay—I am quite tired of your partiality for the English. Methinks, you will not, perhaps, leave these rogues even if you are let off!"
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