“From Nagarjuna I have come to be at the service of Cobden Sahib for the full day.”
“Thank you. Is Nagar busy?”
The student bowed again and proceeded: “My name is Lala Relu Ram and I am glad to come and make you acquainted with the disposition of the city.”
The shouts were raised again outside.
“What’s in the air?” Dicky asked.
This was too much for Lala Relu Ram.
“I mean the shouts below—is this another holiday?”
“My people are gravely disturbed. Doctors Kitchlew and Satyapal have been sent for by the Deputy Commissioner Sahib. It is feared for them by my people.”
“What have they been doing?”
“In the terms of public speech they have cried out—also against the Rowlatt Bills, and for the amity of all peoples in Amritsar, Dr. Kitchlew being a Mohammedan and Dr. Satyapal a Hindu, which is anomalous.”