the sacred toe. (Cries of "Shame! shame!" "The hypocrite!")
Mánhordas.—It is false. I can prove it false.
Khokhrá Shett.—Prove it, young man.
Manhordás.—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[1] could prove it. (Hisses and groans and uproar.)
Thákar Khokhrá (upsetting the hubble-bubble).—You shameless infidel! I have put you out of caste.
Veshdhári (a man who loves widows inprivate and hates them in public).—I declare that Manhordás is a Kristan[2] 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!