[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) › 265.8.1 # Storia do Mogor 265.8.1 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 265.8.1 - **Language:** English ### [265.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.8.1) There was a married man whose wife boasted that she could keep a secret. To test her whether it was so or not, one night he came home carrying beneath his cloak a wrapped-up napkin covered with blood, and told his wife that in it was the head of an enemy whom he had decapitated. It was desirable to bury it without anyone knowing. He prayed her to keep his secret, for if it came to be discovered it would cost him his life. They went together to the garden and secretly buried it. Some time elapsed when the wife, anxious to domineer over her husband, gave him some sharp answers, and did not show him the usual respect. Feigning apprehension, he caressed his wife and did as she wanted. The ungrateful creature admitted she was satisfied, but with her little sense went on aggravating her husband. Getting into a rage, he ignored his wife, and, imposing his authority, thrust her into a room and bolting the door, left the house. The servant-girl intimated to her mistress that master was gone out, and the door was bolted. The lady from inside gave an order to open, and as soon as she was out unlocked her boxes, drew out the best of her belongings, and carried herself and them off to the house of her mother. Next she went straight to the magistrate, and informed him how her husband had killed a man, had brought the dead man's head home and interred it. She described the spot, and protested she was innocent of the homicide. - [Previous: 265.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.7.7) - [Next: 265.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.8.2) - [Up: 265.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.8.1) · Pramāṇa