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Hassan And Zoolma;
liberality had induced him to distribute his wealth with a lavish hand , so that when he found himself once more at his own disposal , he had but little to boast of in his possession , save his good war horse and his Khorassanee sabre , which was of the genuine manufacture of Ussud Oolla . A few ushrufees , or gold mohurs concealed in the folds of his waistcloth , framed the whole of the capital which remained to him after a five years' absence from his father ' s house . Neverthelessthere was
, that in the rich dress , martial appearance , and the manner in which he bestrode his war horse , which made him seem in the eyes of others to be both richer and higher in rank than he really was . Hassan bad all the world before him to choose , and it was to him a matter of little moment where he went , except to his own home . He , therefore , after some little thought , resolved on visiting Delhi , the seat of the great Mogul , —the royal puppet , whose strings are now pulled by Afhans
the English , instead as of yore by the Mahrattahs , and by the g before them . He slowly wound his way towards the imperial city with only two attendants , one of whom bore his scanty baggage , and the other was his syce or groom . On the last day of his journey he fell in with a party of travellers in number about fifteen , who were pursuing the same route as himself . It consisted of a Mussulman gentleman of ranka few servants and attendants . Hassan was not much in the
, humour ' to join company with any one , nor to ask or answer questions . He therefore went a little way ahead of them ; but as his pace was unequal , sometimes fast and at other times slow , while theirs was an equal and intermediate sort of jog trot , the respective parties often found themselves in contact with one another . Towards noon , when it was
usual to rest a few hours in some shelter from the burning heat of the sun , one solitary tope or cluster of trees appeared in view ; Hassan cast his eyes around , but no other resting-place was to be seen , and to this therefore he was compelled to bend his way in common with the other party . In such close contact , and under the shelter of one grove , it was impossible for him to avoid intimacy with the travellers . The stranger gentleman , who seemed to be provided with every convenience and luxurysent a polite to Hassanobservingthat as they were
, message , , brothers in faith , they should eat together , and offered him all the accommodation in his possession . Hassan now foresaw that denial would be fruitless , since it would only be followed by further solicitation ; he therefore at once accepted , with a semblance of frankness , the proffered hospitality . The extreme cordiality and urbanity of his host soon , however , won upon Hassan ' s mind , and they quickly came to a good understanding . The gentleman represented himself to be Ghuffbor
Khan , a Pythan of gentle blood , who had a small estate in the neighbourhood , and was proceeding to the imperial city for the purpose of negociating a marriage for one of his sons . Hassan , in return , told him as much of his history as was necessary , and intimated that he was at present a soldier of fortune , caring little for the service which he adopted if it offered good pay ; moreover , that he was indifferently off as regarded having sufficient for his wants for a short space and
money , nothing more ; and here he shewed his stock , which amounted to about fifty pieces of gold . His host comforted him with the assurance , that in and about Delhi there was no lack of masters , who would be willing to entertain so respectable and valiant a follower , and offeredto exert himself among his friends and acquaintances to obtain him a situation . He observed that he himself and his retainers where that night going to
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Hassan And Zoolma;
liberality had induced him to distribute his wealth with a lavish hand , so that when he found himself once more at his own disposal , he had but little to boast of in his possession , save his good war horse and his Khorassanee sabre , which was of the genuine manufacture of Ussud Oolla . A few ushrufees , or gold mohurs concealed in the folds of his waistcloth , framed the whole of the capital which remained to him after a five years' absence from his father ' s house . Neverthelessthere was
, that in the rich dress , martial appearance , and the manner in which he bestrode his war horse , which made him seem in the eyes of others to be both richer and higher in rank than he really was . Hassan bad all the world before him to choose , and it was to him a matter of little moment where he went , except to his own home . He , therefore , after some little thought , resolved on visiting Delhi , the seat of the great Mogul , —the royal puppet , whose strings are now pulled by Afhans
the English , instead as of yore by the Mahrattahs , and by the g before them . He slowly wound his way towards the imperial city with only two attendants , one of whom bore his scanty baggage , and the other was his syce or groom . On the last day of his journey he fell in with a party of travellers in number about fifteen , who were pursuing the same route as himself . It consisted of a Mussulman gentleman of ranka few servants and attendants . Hassan was not much in the
, humour ' to join company with any one , nor to ask or answer questions . He therefore went a little way ahead of them ; but as his pace was unequal , sometimes fast and at other times slow , while theirs was an equal and intermediate sort of jog trot , the respective parties often found themselves in contact with one another . Towards noon , when it was
usual to rest a few hours in some shelter from the burning heat of the sun , one solitary tope or cluster of trees appeared in view ; Hassan cast his eyes around , but no other resting-place was to be seen , and to this therefore he was compelled to bend his way in common with the other party . In such close contact , and under the shelter of one grove , it was impossible for him to avoid intimacy with the travellers . The stranger gentleman , who seemed to be provided with every convenience and luxurysent a polite to Hassanobservingthat as they were
, message , , brothers in faith , they should eat together , and offered him all the accommodation in his possession . Hassan now foresaw that denial would be fruitless , since it would only be followed by further solicitation ; he therefore at once accepted , with a semblance of frankness , the proffered hospitality . The extreme cordiality and urbanity of his host soon , however , won upon Hassan ' s mind , and they quickly came to a good understanding . The gentleman represented himself to be Ghuffbor
Khan , a Pythan of gentle blood , who had a small estate in the neighbourhood , and was proceeding to the imperial city for the purpose of negociating a marriage for one of his sons . Hassan , in return , told him as much of his history as was necessary , and intimated that he was at present a soldier of fortune , caring little for the service which he adopted if it offered good pay ; moreover , that he was indifferently off as regarded having sufficient for his wants for a short space and
money , nothing more ; and here he shewed his stock , which amounted to about fifty pieces of gold . His host comforted him with the assurance , that in and about Delhi there was no lack of masters , who would be willing to entertain so respectable and valiant a follower , and offeredto exert himself among his friends and acquaintances to obtain him a situation . He observed that he himself and his retainers where that night going to