LXXII. "The ladies, their attendants and servants, were still as
clamorous as last night. Letafit, the _darogah_, went to them and
remonstrated with them on the impropriety of their conduct, at the same
time assuring them that in a few days all their allowances would be
paid, and should not that be the case, he would advance them ten days'
subsistence, upon condition that they returned to their habitation. None
of them, however, consented to his proposals, but were still intent upon
making their escape through the _bazar_ [market-place], and in
consequence formed themselves into a line, arranging themselves in the
following order: the children in the front; behind them the ladies of
the seraglio; and behind them again their attendants: but their
intentions were frustrated by the opposition which they met from
Letafit's sepoys.
LXXIII. "The next day Letafit went twice to the women, and used his
endeavors to make them return into the zenanah, promising to advance
them ten thousand rupees; which, upon the money being paid down, they
agreed to comply with: but night coming on, nothing transpired.
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