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250 the sacred toe. (Cries of "Shame! shame!" "The hypocrite!")

—It is false. I can prove it false.

—Prove it, young man.

—Because on the 5th vad of Vaishák 19—the Máháráj's toe was bitten off by rats whilst he lay exhausted after a drunken frolic. Dr. Bhan Daji could prove it. (Hisses and groans and uproar.)

(upsetting the hubble-bubble).—You shameless infidel! I have put you out of caste.

(a man who loves widows inprivate and hates them in public).—I declare that Manhordás is a Kristan fellow. He is a vutlel (convert). What are these Sudháráwálá? One cheats widows out of their portions; another keeps a number of widows in his house under pretence of protection; a third gambles and becomes a bankrupt: they become Sudhárawala to please the Sahib loques, and that way assume importance. They are the thieves and pirates of society. Shame upon their birth!