Upon which Letafit produced the letter from the Nabob, at the same time
representing that he was amenable only to the orders of his Excellency,
and that whatever he ordered it was his duty to obey, and that, had the
ladies thought proper to have retired into their apartments quietly, he
would not have used the means he had taken to compel them. The Begum
again observed, that what had happened was now over. She then gave the
children four hundred rupees, and dismissed them, and sent word by
Jumrud and the other eunuchs, that, if the ladies would peaceably retire
to their apartments, Letafit would supply them with three or four
thousand rupees for their personal expenses, and recommended to them not
to incur any further disgrace, and that, if they did not think proper to
act agreeable to her directions, they would do wrong. The ladies
followed her advice, and about ten at night went back into the zenanah.
The nest morning the Begum waited upon the mother of Sujah Dowlah, and
related to her all the circumstances of the disturbances.
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