[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 102.4 # Storia do Mogor 102.4 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 102.4 - **Language:** English ### [102.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.102.4) They (the friars) waited until a day on which my proposed father-in-law had prepared a luncheon, and intended to come with the Jesuit fathers and other of his friends to carry me with them to this feast. He meant to obtain my acquiescence during the meal. All of a sudden they (the two friars) appeared in the company. Everybody was pleased, looking on the friars as my friends; and they were invited to come also to my house to fetch me and settle about the wedding. Those two men, who sought nothing but my harm, began to give vent to the rage that they had against me, at not having been able to extract the three thousand rupees from me. They expressed their surprise that a rich man, having only one daughter, the heiress of much wealth, should seek for her the ill fortune of being married to a foreign youth, one \[67\] of little ability. On the other hand, there were many Portuguese, of good sense, of good family, well-established merchants in Hughli, who were willing to marry the girl; if others were consenting to this union, they could not concur in such an injury being inflicted on the girl. - [Previous: 102.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.102.3) - [Next: 102.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.102.5) - [Up: 102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.102) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.102.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.102.4) · Pramāṇa