_Wood._ I see, Saturn[45] has come upon you to your destruction; else why art thou become so very inquisitive, and why so presumptuous, you stupid, incestuous brute? _Gopi._ Sir, we are made to swallow abuse, to submit to shoe-beating, and also we are the men to go to the Shrighur[46] (the prison); the men should there be a dispensary or school in the Factory you get the credit; should there be murders, we are the men. When I come to you for advice, you, Sir, become angry. That anxiety which I have felt for the law-suit of the Mojumdars, is only known to the Lord of all. _Wood._ The fool is such, that whenever I tell him to do any action requiring courage, he brings to my ears the law-suit of the Mojumdar. I am saying always that thou art an ignorant fool; why don’t you become satisfied with sending Nobin Bose to the godown of Sochigunge. _Gopi._ Thou, Sir, art the parent of this poor man; it would be good, if for the benefit of thy poor servant, thou sendest him once to Nobin Bose to ask him about this case. _Wood._ Stop, thou upstart of a son. Shall I go to meet a dog for you? You coward son of a Kaista[47] (_throws him down with kicks_). Were you sent as a witness to the Commission, you would have ruined every thing, you diabolical niggar (_two kicks more_); with such a tongue you shall do your work like a Caot,[48] you stupid Kaet. Were it not for your work on to-morrow, I would send you to the jail. (_Exit Mr. Wood and the Apprentice._) _Gopi._ (_Rubbing his body all over and rising up_). A person becomes the Dewan of an Indigo Planter after being born a vulture[49] seven hundred times; else, how are numberless stockings digested?[50] Oh! what kickings! Oh! the fool is, as it were, the wife of a student who is out of College.[51] (_Aside_) Dewan, Dewan. _Gopi._ Your servant is present. Whose turn is it? “In the sea of love are many waves.” (_Exit Gopi._) ----- Footnote 34: The writer class among the Natives of this country. Footnote 35: Signifying the distinction between the women or a good and that of a licentious character. Footnote 36: This is one of the names of Durga, meaning the goddess of Plenty. Footnote 37: Signifying, have you not taken away her whole possession? Then, how can she show her pity by supporting the poor? Footnote 38: That is, he will make every thing dark to you, as at the time of the new moon. In short, he will kill you. Footnote 39: That is, nothing; as the cold has no effect on the frog. Footnote 40: That is, purify themselves by bathing. Footnote 41: