"Now the adieus become general. The minstrel raises his voice in fervent prayer; he has received five rupees and a bottle of bad gin. All the followers put their heads into the tent to bless us, and to see if we have anything more to give them. The Ameer, convinced that there are no more presents to be distributed, prepares to depart, accompanied by his secretary, when Hari Chand, determined upon a final scene, raises the tent-fly and precipitates himself into Kakoo Mall's arms."
[1] "The just king of Persia."
[2] "A diminutive and decidedly disrespectful form of the proper name."
[3] "A high title in Persia, terribly prostituted in Scinde and India."
[4] "The bird of wisdom in Europe, in Asia becomes the symbol of stupidity: vice versâ, the European goose is the Asiatic emblem of sageness."
[5] "A metaphor, by no means complimentary, for his house and home."
[6] "A first-rate Persian poet infinitely celebrated and popular for satire, morality, and gross indecency."
[7] "The polite address to one of the blood-royal."