_Jamadar._ Manirodi is gone there. Till the Doctor comes, we cannot bring it down. _Darogah._ Did not the Magistrate say, he will come here this day? _Jamadar._ No, Sir, he has four days more to come. At Sachigunge on Saturday, they have a Champagne-party and ladies’ dance. Mrs. Wood can never dance with any other, but our Saheb; and I saw that, when I was a bearer. Mrs. Wood is very kind: through the influence of one letter, she got me the Jamadary of the Jail. _Darogah._ Ah! The father of Babu Bindu Madhab expressed great sorrow at his not getting food. When Babu Bindu sees this, he will quit life. _Enter_ BINDU MADHAB. All things are by the will of God. _Bindu._ What is this! What is this! Ah! ah! My father is dead while bound above ground with a rope! I was coming to try some means for his release. What sorrow! (_places his own head on the breast of the dead body, then clasps the corpse, and weeps_). Oh father! Hast thou at once broken the ties of affection towards us? Shalt thou no more praise Bindu before other men for his English education? Calling Nobin Madhab by the name of “Bhima[33] of Svaropur;” is that now put at an end? You have now made a treaty with Bipin (the son of Nobin) with whom you always had a quarrel, saying to the eldest Bou, “My mother, my mother.” Ah! as in the case of a heron and its mate, with their young ones flying in the air, in search of food, if the heron be killed by a fowler, the mate with her young ones falls into great danger, so shall my mother be when she hears of your being put to death, while hung above ground by a rope. _Darogah._ (_Bringing Babu Bindu aside by taking hold of his hands._) Babu Bindu do not be so impatient now. Get the permission of the Doctor, and try to take the corpse soon to the Amritaghata. _Enter Deputy Inspector and the Pundit._ _Bindu._ Darogah, do not speak of anything to me. Whatever consultation you have to make, make that with the Pundit and the Deputy Inspector. Through sorrow, I have lost the power of speech; let me take my father’s feet once on my breast. (_Sits up, taking the feet of Goluk on his breast._) _Pundit._ (_To the Deputy Inspector._) Let me take Bindu Madhab on my lap; you had better unloose the rope. It is never proper to keep such a godly body in this hell. _Darogah._ It will be necessary to wait for a short time. _Pundit._ Are you the chowkidar of hell, else why have you such a character? _Darogah._ Sir, you are wise, you are reproaching me. _Enter the Doctor._ _Doctor._ Ho! Ho! Bindu Madhab! God’s will. The Pundit is come. Bindu must not leave the College.