‘Oh, aye – we hear much of them, and how the company suppressed their wickedness. And why – because they slew travellers, or was it because they served a Hindoo god and so offended the Christian Company?’ She eyed me contemptuously. ‘Belike had the Thugs been Jesus-worshippers, they would have been roaming yet – especially if they had chosen Hindoo victims.’
You can’t argue with gross prejudice, so I looked amiable…
Flashman in the Great Game, p.91, Pan edition, 4th printing, 1979.
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