Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 19.13.6

19.13.6

and on his coming in, he informed him of the dispositions that had been made. The man very wisely inclined his head in token of consent, congratulated the new Governor on his promotion, asked his protection, and then took his leave and went to his tent. In the evening he sent a trusty man (it was Mahmed-afac, the cutwal of Azim-abad) to inform the General, he was going to town to refresh himself. The General answered: "You may; I wish you a good journey." At these words, some persons present repeated to him the advice I had given; but he heard it with detestation, and said, that it was downright treason; nor was any such matter stipulated in the treaty. They answered, "that they proposed no harm at all; but that it was not stipulated neither, that he should return to his castle." At these words, the General's indignation rose to a height; he refused to listen to any thing more on that subject, and added this remark: Let him return to his castle, as much as he pleases. Where is the man daring enough to stand the brunt of my unsheathed sabre? "A blind man having by chance stumbled on an opportunity,— "Made nothing of it himself, nor would let others put it to some profit."