Several others participated and added their heat to the
seething cauldron. Alas! the majority joined the dissident. group.
And at the end, only 102 gotrikas stood shoulder to shoulder to
Kusuma Sreshti and patted on his back, when he closed his speech in
reply to the leftist group led by the minister, boldly negativing
the imperial, immoral command, and asking the dissident group to
quit the hall and town as well instantly.
Their shameless cowardice
and thoughtless partial support would drip them dry and bring them
indelible public dishonor. And they would be held up to ridicule by
their own descendants. And as such they should quit from the land at
once enmasse.
|