[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) › 265.6.3 # Storia do Mogor 265.6.3 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 265.6.3 - **Language:** English ### [265.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.6.3) The joker, though he knew the cause, pretended he did not, and rushed off to the room where his wife was, and going in, embraced her and asked her the cause of her keeping her room thus. Pretending to be ill, she answered softly and slowly that she was troubled with pains in the head, and could not bear loud talking. The cunning fellow came out hurriedly from the room and went after the servant girls, shouting to them and enjoining some of them to go within and look after their mistress. He ordered the cooks to prepare some dishes for their mistress to eat; others he sent to heat water to bathe his body. Then he took up position in the middle of the house, and complained that if his wife were only well, the house would not be in such disorder, nor would the negro women be thus careless. The women pretended not to hear, and neglected to carry out his orders. He affected anger, and ran about with a stick to oblige them by force to bring the hot water. Then, tying on a cloth round his waist, he bathed his body, the negro women attending on him. While washing he negligently allowed the cloth to drop. . . . The negresses reported to the wife. She rose up, and all the sad sentiments that afflicted her were dissipated. She ordered that as quickly as possible they should return to wait on him. She got up hastily and peeped through a window, and observed that there was nothing wrong, and the negresses were right. - [Previous: 265.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.6.2) - [Next: 265.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.6.4) - [Up: 265.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.6.3) · Pramāṇa