Having trod the paths of the white man, he had acquired a certain adroitness in holding his people.

They had at best only the stability of chickens.

What at one moment was a terror was at another a feast.

For the present, then, he would pretend that he had forgot all about Ramabai's part in the various unsuccessful episodes.
To the council and the gurus (or priests) he declared that he himself would undertake to assume the part of envoy; he himself would bring the legal king of Allaha back to his throne.

True, the daughter had been crowned, but she had forfeited her rights.