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268 "Yes, that is the best," he was thinking, "to give good for evil, not evil again. It would have been bad to do otherwise. The Mem, [Mrs. Fane,] she did not like Dilâl: she said hard words of Dilâl; she call him scorpion. But when he bring her the son of her heart, she not say hard words. She not mind touching Dilâl's hand; she weep, and she say—'God bless you, Dilâl—so!'" He looked tenderly at the face of Moti.

"And she—she, my little pearl, —she like Dilâl the more! Bobby sahib bad boy, but Dilâl is glad he is safe. Better so."