Storia do Mogor 121.6

121.6

Next morning they went to remove Shiva Jī to the mansion where his life was to be taken. On entering the tent they saw a turban at the side of the cushion, as if [106] he were still asleep. They waited for a time, then once more they went to look if he was awake. But what was lying there was not able to move on any account ! Thus they went in several times without noticing any movement, nor did they hear any snoring. They uncovered him gently to find out if he was alive or dead. By this inspection they were undeceived, and at once reported to Ram Singh, who went to the king before anyone else could speak to him. After making his bow, he stood, with a cast-down countenance, in perfect silence. Aurangzeb was puzzled by this change, Ram Singh being ordinarily of a jovial expression. He asked what this dejection meant, and why he had not gone home. Ram Singh replied in a low voice that he had bad news, namely, that Shiva Jī had disappeared.