The Deceivers Page #3

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You weren't there alone.

Well?

I'm not like the others. Hussein.

You don't frighten me.

You're just a squalid little thief.

And you murdered a British officer.

- No!

You'll hang for it!

Come on. Up.

How do you think it feels

when the rope tightens. huh?

Like this? Is this how it feels?

Huh?

Is how the men feel -

the men that you strangle? Huh?

But you cannot hang me.

You have no proof.

Oh.

I did not kill the sahib.

- Then who did? Hmm?

Then who did?

I-If I tell you -

If I tell you anything...

then she'll kill me.

Who will kill you?

Kali.

Well. if you do not tell me...

then I will kill you.

I see that it is true.

I see that God...

is assisting you...

and Kali has withdrawn her protection...

because of our transgressions.

We should not have killed the sahib.

Withdrawn her protection

from whom?

What are you talking about. Hussein?

Who are " we"?

We are thugs, sahib.

Thugs?

Deceivers.

"Thug" is the Hindustani word for "deceiver. '"

He says they've been murdering

travelers for centuries.

Always under the instructions of Kali.

Who's Kali?

Their six-armed goddess of destruction.

They worship her.

Hindu and Muslim alike.

Hussein says there's killing groves

all over India.

He says he'll give me

names. places - everything.

I can start first thing tomorrow.

- Are you sure you want to?

Perhaps it's better not to know.

You wanted me to save the life

of one woman.

Should I stop now?

Should I?

When perhaps I can save

the lives of hundreds.

Thousands.

Yes. Ji. Ji. Ji.

I was appalled to learn

of your handling of this incident.

But they exist. sir.

Thugs. Deceivers.

Followers of Kali.

If I can only have some men.

some help.

You have 32 people sitting in jail

without an arrest warrant for one of them.

Don't you have any regard

for the rule of law. Captain Savage?

What does the rule of law matter

to a man who gets killed?

Or to his wife and children.

Or to poor Lieutenant Maunsell.

Sir, I beg you to understand.

- No. Captain Savage!

I will not have one of my officers.

no matter who he is...

flouting the very laws

he is supposed to be administering.

Oh. as for your thugs,

frankly. I find it incredible.

You discover a few men

murdered by bandits...

and turn it into the biggest.

fantastical conspiracy in history.

Meanwhile, you neglect

every one of your proper duties.

If you had seen the bodies. Father.

you wouldn't speak like this.

Why don't you help him?

- Because no one...

is entitled to go outside the law.

No one.

William...

I'm relieving you

of your position here in Madhya.

I wish to have your formal application

before I leave in the morning.

I'm sorry.

- Are you. Father?

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