Without further ceremony the functionary drew his sword, and cut the cane in two in the middle; and, pointing to both pieces, 'There', said he, 'you see the cause of my interference'.

We looked down, and actually saw blood running from both pieces, and forming a little pool on the ground.
The fact was that the woman was a sorceress of the very worst kind, and was actually drawing the blood from the man through the cane, to feed the abominable devil from whom she derived her detestable powers.

But for the timely interference of the sepoy he would have been dead in another minute; for he no sooner saw the real state of the case than he fainted.

He had hardly any blood left in him, and I was afterwards told that he was not able to walk for ten days.

We all went to the governor to demand justice, declaring that, unless the women were made an example of at once, the fair would be deserted, for no stranger's life would be safe.