ROHAN LEGEND

Continuing English translation of Hindi Garth story      रोहन गाथा [ page no.10,11,12]

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tim canon returns to his room at turkshead inn-" a rich haul garfield! 400 guinees and a horde of watches." canon exults in glee.

garth-and at the end of this fantastic dance hanging at tyburn!"

canon- no! it will not happen, it is a child's play to catch me ... come let us have a drink!

old lady mole interjects- mr. canon beware ! your servant thacher can betray you!

canon- no mol! he can never deceive me!-[c140]

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canon's servant thacher's treachary has helped sir clare rohan to apprehend bandit tim canon at is secret hideout at turkshead inn.--

clare [brandishing his whip in te face of a frightened catherine-

"so! catherine you  hated me and my family andchose to marry that bandit !"

catherine- he is a much better human being than you sir clare!

clare angrily raises his whip-" o let the bandit's whore bear the mark of her profession"

canon seeing clare whipping catherine on her face tries to escape from policemen holding him nd shouts angrily- rohan i will kill you for that!

clare- now you will hang canon and your  bar whore  will be whipped!

 old lady mole examines catherin's injured face-oh! poor mistress! scarred by that animal ,she will have to endure this for life! she turns on her heels facing clare rohan angrily gesticulating curses him-"sir clare rohan mark my words! from now on every firstborn male of your generation will carry the same scar mark you have given this gentle lady!

rohan- shut up you drunken crow stop your crowing.... "take away the prisoners !" he instructs his policemen.

"take them to bridewell jail canon and garfield will soon hang!"

but london crowd gathers in a mob-"that mob means troble!"a soldier tells clare as tim cannon is being escorted out in custody from the inn gates.

"canon will still beta you" somebody shouts from the crowd and soldiers panic- " make canon climb on the carriage!"

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tim canon is made to climb the police wagon using force while he noisy crowd closes in-

garth notices catherine's scar on face-" that mark on your cheek! who is responsible?"

catherine --"it is the handiwork of rohan's wrath and his whip hand!"

garth prounounces grimly- so now i have two tasks cut out for me one to save you and tim from clutches of clare and to get even with him and settle my score with him.

meanwhile clare urges his soldiers to make way by cane charging the crowds, and not to bother about any broken heads.

while te police was grappling with the mob garth takes his chance and breaking his handcuffs rushes the nearest soldier and taking him by surprise knocks him down, and taking hold of catherine's wrist asks her to make a run for it!

catherine - i can not go without him!

garth- soldiers are gathering in large numbers, i will rescue him later, i promise!

soldiers notice gath and catherine's escape-" garfield is running away, 200 guinnes award to whoever catches them!"

garth and catherine while making their way through london's back alleys are accosted by  a  one legged kindly old man-" giving the policemen a slip? take this lane i will mislead them!"

'thanks' says garth and along with catherine hides in in the alley while the man on cruches sets the police following them on a wrong road.

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garth and catherine come out of hiding watching the police running off the other way-

garth- police is gone catherine!

one legged man " you can take rest at my humble abode which is near here!"" i am josh lovelace and she is my wife"

lovelace's wife- but why the lady's cheek is bleeding?

garth lateron asks lovelace foe a favour while catherine 's injury is being tended to by loveace's wife-""we are already in your debt sir , but can i ask you for one more favour cn i leave catherine here to stay here with you for a while,so that i can get even with thecrooked man who is responsible for her injury!

lovelace -yes sir john!"teach him a good lesson!"

catherine bids gath farewell as he prepares to leave-"be care ful john!brideswell jail is guarded like a fort! 

catherine i will soon bring tim back to you but  on one conditio....thatyou will have to promise me that you will stop him from this bandit's job ,i am arranging for you to go to france , do you have some money?

catherine- very little , most of it as given away by canon , tim has always been "generous"

garth- why not? afterall it was other people's money!

catherine-" why are you helping us sir john you are not in our debt!"

garth- catherine do you remember my telling you that i do not belong to this time ...even my name is not john garfield iam here for a purpose and it should be fullfilled!

catherine- nd this purpose is some how related to rohan?

garth- yes if the prophesy is true both i and rohan are to die before long!

garth goes to have a look at notorious bridswell jail leaving catherine under the care of lovelace couple-

"oh !this  a strongly built fort where they have imprisoned him, somehow i have to slip in a message inside to tim!

garthkeeping watch at jail gate" who is that woman coming out of the gate?

good day to you master turnkey!

says the woman donning a large hat

oh polly only if i was not stuck with the guard duty at this door!

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