The  threat  was  in  the  end  sufficient ;  the  fellow  held  out  most
vehemently  for  about  a  day,  and  then, 'overcome  by  terror  at  their
determination,  and  threats  that  this  was  only  the  commencement
of  his  punishments,  declared  he  would  confess  all ;  and  he  un-
folded secretly  to  the  Khan  and  Kasim  the  whole  of  the  deceits
which  had  been  practised  from  the  first.  Every  account  was
gone  through,  and  a  fearful  array  of  peculation  registered  against
the  Jemadar,  who  was  written  to,  to  make  the  best  of  his  way  to
the  city  to  answer  the  complaint  against  him.  Ere  the  messenger
reached  the  camp,  however,  the  Jemadar  had  arrived  at  the  city ;
for  his  active  emissaries  had  traced  the  arrival  of  Dilawur  Ali
and  his  party,  and  their  sudden  departure,  and  it  was  evident
that  they  must  have  carried  off  the  Moonshee.
CHAPTER    XXXV.
The  detection  of  his  long  concealed  and  successful  peculations
was  a  thunderbolt  to  the  Jemadar. '  The  Khan  refused  to  see
him,  or  to  hear  any  exculpation  he  had  to  urge ;  and  then,  know-
ing the  influence  Kasim  Ali  possessed  with  his  commander,  he
sought  him,  and  implored  him  to  use  his  influence  with  the  Khan
for  pardon  and  for  silence  on  the  subject  j  he  became  abject,  he


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even  threw  himself  at  the  young  man's  feet,  and  When  theSe
failed,  offered  him  a  bribe  to  accede  to  his  terms.  It  wanted  but
this  to  excite  Kasim  All's  full  indignation:  he  had  despised  the
man  for  his  meanness,  but  the  insult  aroused  him,  and  he  spurned
the  offer  fiercely.
