_Physician._ Now, wash the head and apply turpentine to it; in the evening, I shall come again and try some other means. To make noise in a sick person’s room is to increase his disease; so, let there be no noise here. (_Exit the Physician, Sadhu Churn and the relatives in one way, and Aduri, the other; Soirindri, sits down_). _The curtain falls._ ----- Footnote 52: This term Yabans has reference to the Mahomedans, the Europeans. Footnote 53: The name of Vishnu, God. Footnote 54: This pronoun “his” stands for Goluk Chunder, the father of Nobin Madhab. Footnote 55: The term maid-servant here refers to Soirindri, the wife of Nobin Madhab. Footnote 56: It is a general custom in this country to apply the alpana on the floor nearly in all religions observances. Footnote 57: This term signifies the wife of one’s son. Footnote 58: This expression, “the brightener of the ten sides” signifies that he did good wherever he went. The ten sides are the north, south, east, west, north-east, north-west, south-east, south-west, the top, and the under sides. Footnote 59: The reference here is to the wanderings of Rama in the wilderness of the Deccan. The signification of the original is that while the husband Nobin is he on the point of death, there is no preparation for his wife to die with him. Footnote 60: That is, she had expressed so much anger against her; or as the original, thrown her into the burning-pot of disgust and hatred. The Champa is the name of a fragrant yellow flower. Footnote 61: This day in kept sacred by the widows of this country. Footnote 62: A certain ceremony performed on the eighth day after the birth for securing its good fortune. Footnote 63: A treatise on the science of medicine. ----- ---------- FIFTH ACT—THIRD SCENE. THE ROOM OF SADHU CHURN. ------- _On one side, Khetromani in great torment on her bed, and Sadhu; on the other side, Reboti, sitting._ _Khetro._ Sweep over my bed; mother, sweep over my bed! _Reboti._ My dear, dear daughter, why art thou doing so? I have swept on the bed; there is nothing then on the coat of shreds. I have placed another which your aunt gave.[64] _Khetro._ Thorns are pinching me, I die! I die! Oh! turn me to my father’s side.