_First Ryot._ Then how did the late Governor Saheb go about all the Indigo Factories, being feasted like a bride-groom just before the celebration of the marriage.[18] Did you not see that the Planter Sahebs brought him to this Factory well-adorned like a bride-groom? _Second Ryot._ I think he has some share in this Indigo Company. _Torapa._ No! can the Governor take a share in Indigo affairs? He came to increase his fame. If God preserve our present Governor, then we shall be able to procure something for our sustenance; and the great burden of Indigo shall no more hang on our shoulders. _Third Ryot._ (_With fear._) I die. If the ghost of this burden once attack a person, is it true that it does not quit him soon? My wife said so. _Torapa._ Why have you brought this my brother here? For fear of the Sahebs, people are leaving the village; and my uncle Bochoroddi has formed the following sentence: “The man with eyes like those of the cat, is an ignorant fool; “So the Indigo of the Indigo Factory is an instrument of punishment.” Bochoroddi is very expert in forming such sentences. _Second Ryot._ Did not you hear another sentence which was composed by Nitá Atai? “The Missionaries have destroyed the caste; The Factory monkeys have destroyed the rice.” _Torapa._ Aola Nochen has composed “Destroyed the Caste,” what is it? _Second Ryot._ “The Missionaries have destroyed the caste; The Factory monkeys have destroyed the rice.” _Fourth Ryot._ Ha! I do not know what is taking place in my house; I am become the inhabitant of three villages at once. I came away to Svaropur, and through the advice of Bose, I threw away the advance which was offered me. When my young child was sick I came to Bose to get from him a little sugar-candy. Ah! how very kind he was; how agreeable and good-looking in countenance I found him; and sitting as solemn as an elephant. _Torapa._ How many bigahs have they given this year? _Fourth Ryot._ Last year I prepared ten bigahs; but as to the price of that, they raised great confusion. This year again, they have given advances for fifteen bigahs; and I am doing exactly as they are ordering me; still, they leave not off insulting me. _First Ryot._ I am laboring with my plough for these two years, and I have cultivated a little piece of ground. That piece of ground which I prepared this year, I kept for sesamum; but one day, our young Saheb, riding on his horse, came to the place, and waiting there himself, took possession of the whole piece. How can the ryots live if this is to continue?