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Es un acto meritorio, ¿no? —Supongo que sí.
That’d be a meritorious act, wouldn’t it?” “I suppose so.
Ash no vio razón para mencionar su relación previa con el Estado de Karidkote, y como no tenía intención de revelar su conexión con la princesa mayor, no pudo dar su razón principal para regresar a Bhithor, sino solamente la secundaria… Su necesidad de asegurarse de que se tomaran medidas para proteger a las esposas del Rana de que se convirtieran en suttees, si el Rana moría, lo cual era algo que Sarji, como hindú podía no sentir inclinación a evitar, ya que era una costumbre apoyada en siglos de práctica y que probablemente sería considerada como un acto meritorio por sus sacerdotes y por la gran mayoría de su pueblo.
Ash saw no reason to mention his previous connection with the State of Karidkote, and as he had no intention of disclosing his own involvement with the elder princess, he could not give his main reason for returning to Bhithor, only the secondary one – his need to assure himself that steps were being taken to guard against the Rana's wives becoming suttees, if and when the Rana died; which was something that Sarji, as a Hindu, might feel disinclined to interfere with, for it was a custom hallowed by centuries of use, and one that even now would probably be regarded as a meritorious act by his priests and the great majority of his people.
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