For The Sordid Hope Only Of Buying Some Toys, Asaph Khan Has
Become So Reconciled To Me As To Betray His Son-In-Law, And Is
Obsequious Even To Flattery.
The ground of all his friendship is his
desire to purchase the gold taken in the prize, and some
Other knacks;
for which purpose he desires to send down one of his servants, which I
could not deny without losing him, after having so long laboured to gain
his favour; neither was this any disadvantage to us, as his payment is
secure, and will save us much trouble and charge in selling elsewhere,
especially the wine and other luggage that is apt to spoil in carriage.
For this purpose he obtained an order from the prince under false
pretences, and wrote himself in our favour to the governor of Surat,
doing us all manner of kindness. There is a necessity for his
friendship, as his word is a law in this empire, and therefore I did not
choose to seem to notice his unworthiness. I hope by this procedure to
win him to our advantage, or at least to make our present good use of
him. On this occasion I moved him to procure us a firmaun for trade with
Bengal, which he has promised, though he would never before hearken to
that request. He likewise now prosecutes our debtors as if they were his
own; and in passing the residence of the cutwall on his elephant, he
called upon him to command dispatch, which was a most unusual favour.
Upon this Groo was immediately imprisoned, and Muckshud had only two
days allowed him to pay us.
Enter page number
PreviousNext
Page 573 of 910
Words from 155862 to 156138
of 247546
