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Then he spoke to Hunsa : `` This has been decided upon , dog , that if thou confess , reveal to us information that is of value to our people , the torture shall cease , and no man 's head in the whole Pindari camp shall be raised against thee either to wound or take thy life . '' `` But the gaol , Hazari Sahib ? '' `` No , dog , if thou but tell the truth in full , that we may profit , to-morrow thou may go free , and if any man in the camp wounds thee his life will pay for it . Till noon thou may have for the going ; even food for thy start on the way back to the land of thy accursed tribe . By the Beard of the Prophet no man of all the Pindari force shall wound thee . Now speak quick , for I have given a pledge . '' There were murmurs amongst the jamadars at Kassim 's terms , for their hearts were full of hate for the creature who had slain their loved chief .