Storia do Mogor 265.19.5

265.19.5

It was as follows : He allowed it to be noised abroad that a captain from Bijapur was coming to him on a visit. He set on foot fictitious preparations, and prayed the Hindu merchants to give him the loan of jewels for the decoration of his dancing-girls. As a security to them he gave the sums they asked, and promised that he would return the jewels with the interest for the time they should be in his possession. Seeing that the jewels would be quite safe, the merchants came in numbers, attracted by the interest to be earned. Among them appeared also the Hindu clerk to lend the jewels that he had embezzled along with those that he had of his own.