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mirror, and how out of his great courtesy the Regent
admitted the plea; and so in a large mirror that was
put up, the Mussalman warrior, coming in under the
safeguard of the Rajput word of honour, saw in the
mirror the wondrous beauty of the Lotus-Flower of
Chittor. And then you know how when, in his
courtesy, the Regent accompanied his guest outside
the gates, he was suddenly seized upon and carried to
the camp of his enemy, leaving his wife behind, bereft
of her husband ; how then her woman's wit devised a
way by which the husband's life might be saved.
The demand was : " Give up yourself, and your
husband shall come back," and so she made up her
mind that she would go to the camp of the enemy;
seven hundred litters went with her for her waiting-
women—she could not go by herself—and she went in
her litter with six bearers to carry her, and in every one
of the seven hundred litters was a waiting-maid,
and each had also six bearers; at the camp she asked
whether she might see her husband for a moment
before she was torn from him, and the courtesy of the
Mussalman gave her permission. Then into the tent
where he was prisoner she went. One quick whisper
to him that there were horses outside ■ one swift leap
on their backs, and then a dash forward ; and out of
.each of the seven hundred litters there sprang a
Rajput warrior, and each six bearers threw down the
litters, and there were 4900 armed men standing there
to guard their Prince and Princess, and every man died
mirror, and how out of his great courtesy the Regent
admitted the plea; and so in a large mirror that was
put up, the Mussalman warrior, coming in under the
safeguard of the Rajput word of honour, saw in the
mirror the wondrous beauty of the Lotus-Flower of
Chittor. And then you know how when, in his
courtesy, the Regent accompanied his guest outside
the gates, he was suddenly seized upon and carried to
the camp of his enemy, leaving his wife behind, bereft
of her husband ; how then her woman's wit devised a
way by which the husband's life might be saved.
The demand was : " Give up yourself, and your
husband shall come back," and so she made up her
mind that she would go to the camp of the enemy;
seven hundred litters went with her for her waiting-
women—she could not go by herself—and she went in
her litter with six bearers to carry her, and in every one
of the seven hundred litters was a waiting-maid,
and each had also six bearers; at the camp she asked
whether she might see her husband for a moment
before she was torn from him, and the courtesy of the
Mussalman gave her permission. Then into the tent
where he was prisoner she went. One quick whisper
to him that there were horses outside ■ one swift leap
on their backs, and then a dash forward ; and out of
.each of the seven hundred litters there sprang a
Rajput warrior, and each six bearers threw down the
litters, and there were 4900 armed men standing there
to guard their Prince and Princess, and every man died