Storia do Mogor 334.5

334.5

Without listening to any arguments, Da,ud Khan rose up in a state of fury, gave a kick to the tray, and pursued his brother with torrents of abuse, then, turning angrily, went to the door of the seraglio. He found it shut. He wanted to open it with force by axes and hammers. Unable to manage this, he had it taken from its hinges. Entering, he sought on all sides for the infant, which had been hidden. At length he found it held to her bosom by one of his female relations. Showing neither compassion nor remorse, he wrenched it from her, threw it on the ground, took its life, and spurned it with his feet. No one had the hardihood to interfere. At once he came forth somewhat pacified, and began to give audience to his captains, who had hurried there in the hope of stopping this outrage. They had arrived too late, but there they stood in dejection, their heads sunk on their chests. He asked what their silence betokened, and their sadness. They answered that it was from seeing the tyranny he had displayed to his own flesh and blood, and how little they had expected such a manner of acting. He retorted that the mother was low born and not of his race, that such offspring could never be courageous, and would only have lived on to disgrace him.