Train To Pakistan - pg. 38

"Why, Babu Sahib, you have come to stop killing and you are upset by one murder?" asked Meet Singh, smiling. "I thought you had come to stop such things, Babu Sahib. But you are quite safe in Mano Majra," he added. "Dacoits do not come to the same village more than once a year. There will be another dacoity in another village in a few days and people will forget about this one. We can have a meeting here one night after the evening prayer and you can tell them all you want. You had better rest. I will come back and tell them all you what happens."

The old man hobbled out of the courtyard. Iqbal collected the empty tin, his knife and fork and tin plate, and took them to the well to wash.