“Who are Malli and his companions, Sikh or Muslim?” asked Hukum Chand abruptly. “All Sikhs.” The magistrate relapsed into his thoughts once more. After some time he began to talk to himself. “It would have been more convenient if they had been Mussulman. The knowledge of that and the agitator fellow being a Leaguer would have persuaded Mano Majra Sikhs to let their Muslims go.”
