_Gopi._ If you don’t say as I teach you, you must become a ghost of the very same kind. (_Aside, to Mr. Rose_) These persons have known about Mojumdar’s confinement, we must no more keep him in this Factory. It was not proper to keep him in that room. _Rose._ I shall hear of that afterwards. What ryot has refused; what rascal is so very wicked? (_Stamps his feet_). _Gopi._ These are all well-prepared. This Musulman is very wicked; he says, I can never show myself ungrateful, (_nimak harámi_). _Torapa._ (_Aside._) O my father! How very terrible the stick is! Now I must agree with them; as to future considerations I shall see what I can do afterwards. (_Openly_) Pardon me, Saheb! I, also, am become the same with you. _Planter._ Be silent, thou child of the sow! This Ramkant is very sweet. (_Strikes with Ramkant and also kicks him_). _Torapa._ Oh! oh! my mother, I am now dead! My uncle Prana, give me a little water; I die for water. My father, father! _Rose._ Shall not filth be discharged into your mouth? (_Strikes with his shoes_). _Torapa._ Whatever thou shalt say, I shall do. Before God, I ask pardon of thee, my Lord. _Rose._ Now the villain has left his wickedness. To-night all must be sent. Just write to the Attorney, that as long as the evidence is not given, not one of these shall be let out. The Agent shall go with them. (_To the Third Ryot_). Why art thou crying? (_Gives a kick_). _Third Ryot._ Bou, where art thou? These are murdering me. O my mother! Bou! my mother! I am killed, I am killed. (_Falls upside down on the ground_). _Rose._ Thou, stupid, art become (_bonra_) mad. (_Exit Mr. Rose_). _Gopi._ Now, Torapa, have you got your full of the onion and the shoe? _Torapa._ Oh Dewanji, preserve me by giving a little water. I am on the point of death. _Gopi._ The Indigo ware-house and the steam-engine room—these are places where the sweat shoots forth and water is drunk. Now, all of you, come with me, that you may at once drink water. (_Exit all._) ----- Footnote 17: Belata means England. Footnote 18: This refers to a certain practice in India of the Bride-groom going to the houses of relatives amid great feasting, before the celebration of the marriage. Footnote 19: These are all words used by Mahomedans in times of great alarm; and here it is used to express the fear of ghosts. Footnote 20: It is very like Shamchand. ----- ---------- SECOND ACT—SECOND SCENE. THE BED-ROOM OF BINDU MADHAR. -------