Footnote 27: This expression “had been hanged for six months,” is only used sarcastically. Footnote 28: That is, as the deer feels disquieted when exposed in a volcano, so is my mate troubled by the many anxieties in my mind. ----- ---------- THIRD ACT—FIRST SCENE. BEFORE THE FACTORY IN BEGUNBARI. ------- _Enter_ GOPI CHURN _and a Native Jailor_. _Gopi._ As long as your share is not less, don’t bring anything to my notice. _Jailor._ Can that filth be digested by one person eating the whole? I told him, if you eat, give a part to the Dewanji; but he says what power has your Dewan? He is not so much the son of a Keát, (_shoemaker caste_) that he shall direct the Saheb like unto one leading a monkey. _Gopi._ Very well, now go; I shall show that Kaot (what a club) how strong he is. (_Exit Khálási._) The fellow has got so much power through the authority of the younger Saheb. I shall also say it is a very easy thing for one to carry on his work, if his master be the husband of his sister; the elder Saheb becomes very angry at this word. But the fellow is very angry with me; at every word, he shows me the Shamchand. That day he kicked me with his stockings on. These few days, I see that his temper is become somewhat mild towards me; since Goluk Bose is summoned, he has expressed a little kindness. A person is considered very expert by the Saheb, if he can bring about the ruin of many. “_One becomes a good Physician by the death of one hundred patients._” (_Seeing Mr. Wood._) Here he is coming; let me first soften his mind by giving him some information about the Boses. _Enter_ MR. WOOD. Saheb, tears have now come out of the eyes of Nobin Bose. Never was he punished more severely. His garden is taken away from him; the small pieces of land he had are all included among the lands which are given to Gada, Poda (_low castes_); his cultivation is nearly put a stop to; his magazines are all become empty, and he was sent into Court twice; in the midst of so many troubles, he still stood firm; but now he has fallen down. _Planter._ That rascal was not able to do any thing in Shamanagara. _Gopi._ Saheb, the Munshis came to him; but he told them, my mind is not at rest now, “my limbs are become powerless through weeping for my father, and I am, as it were, become mad.” On observing the wretched condition of Nobin, about seven or eight ryots of Shamanagara have all given up, and all are doing exactly as your Honour is ordering them.