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young man & they were aware that I tried
to dissuade him. I then remonstrated with
the old men, the women & children hearing me too
and at length said. The [word crossed out] fault is
the whole of your doings [word crossed out] is an imposition
just to rule over the young men as you like.
Who is Babu. Why one of you old men
sits down [words crossed out] near the river side and makes
that strange noise and that masked being
that appears at the ceremony is again one of
you, may be one of your docters & thus you
frighten the young men into subjection
to you and prevent them [words crossed out] to
attend to our instruction. This gave great
offence. And one of the elderly men told
me afterwards. That very wrong of you
saying what you did. Why I said its
truth. May be he replied truth, but
you ought not to have said it before all
the women & children.