Life of Ahmad — Page 547
as DR. CLARK DRAGS HIM INTO COURT 547 sheets of statement more or less in accordance with the evidence given in the court when the youth burst into tears, fell at Mr. Le Marchand’s feet, and said he had lied throughout on the instance of someone in the mission. He had been guarded for several days, was in a state of great misery, and had even contemplated suicide. He then made a full statement saying that he had been coerced by these subordinates and the whole of his statement was untrue. Apparently the statement made before Dr. Clark had been coached. He had put, for instance, nuqsan first, and the subordinate made him change it into mar dalna. The words actually in the statement were, nuqsan yani mar dalna. Afterwards they said "Thank you; hamari morad puri hogayi. Our object is accomplished. " That is what the boy said. Then, of course, the question arose, supposing he had killed Dr. Clark. One of the pleaders asked him: "You are not a bird; how did you intend to escape after you had killed Dr. Clark?" So a subordinate of the mission told him: "You must mention the name of Qutub Din" and he even wrote on the palm of his hand this name before he went to court, and when the boy was being questioned he said "He wrote it with a pencil—the one being used by Dr. Clark’s counsel. " This was quite true; it was not