I inform the Emperor of Kerala of your insolence your remaining days in this world will be brief. He is my father and he will demand your death of the Malwa. Base cur! You will—
Her husband tried to calm her down.
—be impaled. I will demand a short stake. My father the Emperor will—
Her husband tried to calm her down.
—allow a long stake in the interests of diplomacy but he will not—
Her husband tried to calm her down.
—settle for less than your death by torture. I will demand that your carcass be fed to dogs. Small dogs, who will tear at it rather than devour it whole. My father the Emperor will—
Her husband tried to calm her down.
—not insist on the dogs, in the interests of diplomacy, but he will demand—
Finally, finally, the nobleman managed to usher his wife away. Over her shoulder, shrieking:
—your stinking corpse be denied the rites. You will
Her husband tried to calm her down.
—be impaled. I will demand a short stake. My father the Emperor will—
Her husband tried to calm her down.
—allow a long stake in the interests of diplomacy but he will not—
Her husband tried to calm her down.
—settle for less than your death by torture. I will demand that your carcass be fed to dogs. Small dogs, who will tear at it rather than devour it whole. My father the Emperor will—
Her husband tried to calm her down.
—not insist on the dogs, in the interests of diplomacy, but he will demand—
Finally, finally, the nobleman managed to usher his wife away. Over her shoulder, shrieking:
—your stinking corpse be denied the rites. You will