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and destroyed two of his companions, for their having 
ceased to reverence that holy element. The intended 
victims were released — the Deity was supposed to 
have interfered in their behalf. The daughter was 
restored to her father’s favour, who henceforward 
eschewed robbery, and accompanied his child and the 
young Englishman to Calcutta. Here the two latter 
were immediately married according to the rites of 
the Christian church, and eventually inheriting the 
father’s wealth, proceeded to England, where the wife 
became a Christian; and the husband never found 
cause to regret that he had espoused the daughter of a 
Parsee. 
