Khalid reached the gate of the fort on foot holding the horse's saddle.
Gungo was waiting for him outside.
He smiled and asked,Khalid!
Khalid replied nonchalantly,
"Where have you left Maya?"
"She's coming."
"It's getting dark."
Why don't you bring him along?
You bring it, she used to say you go. I just came.
Gungo smiled and said that this woman is also a strange creature.
She can secretly see your way. She may be tangled in thorns for you, but you lean towards her and she runs away like a wild deer.
Khalid replied,
"There is no room for poetry in my heart."
Now tell us what we should do.
You must have heard the news of Dabil's caravan?
There I have heard.
They have two hundred armed soldiers with them. We cannot fight these flags with a handful of men.
I have thought of the proposal to bring Jairam here. I saw that Naheed had changed her thoughts about Jairam in the words of this girl and you were also affected?
Gungo replied with a smile.
"Son, you were more impressed than me."
However, I am now convinced that Maya is innocent ,and yet you want to threaten Jairam to kill Maya.
There is no other way to free your companions.
But if Jairam sacrificed his sister for the happiness of his King.
I have no such hope, but if Jairam proves to be so disgraceful, then it is our duty to save a girl like Maya from the hands of such a cruel person. She herself will prefer your shelter over Jairam.
In a few days your sister will be able to travel, and we will bring you within the borders of Makran.
But how can it be that we leave our companions in trouble?
You will be able to help them more by going there.
Apart from the Arabs, the reason for keeping the sailors of Sarandip in prison is probably that the news of the plundering of your ships does not go out of Sindh.
If this news reached there, your nation did not bear it in silence.
But you can't go untill,That naheed is not healthy.
If Jairam comes under our control, is it possible that we can at least free Zubair?
If this can be done, that would be great.
I don't know anyone in Arabia.
It is possible that no one will pay attention to my voice in Basra and Damascus, but Zubair knows thousands of men there.
Yes!
You did not tell me what is my responsibility tonight?
Gungo replied,
You rest, but Maya Devi has not come yet. Maybe she reached the fort through another route.
I find out now.
Saying this, Khalid ran and entered the fort.
After a while he returns and informs Gungo that she did not get inside.
Gungo said,
How far did you leave it?
"Behind those bushes some hundred paces."
You did not have any harsh words with him?
No!
But she is used to shedding tears on everything I say.
"Yes! I have made a mistake."
"What ?"
I told him that his brother is four kos from here.
Saying that it is not a woman's business to cross this forest at night,
Gungo called his companions and ordered them to search for Maya in the forest and said to Khalid,
I think she might still be talking to that thorn bush.
You go this way.
I go to the river.
I doubt it, but in desperation a woman goes through many things against expectations. I know . Our boat on the bank of the river may not be the cause of its destruction.