CHAPTER XXII.
Now the pain that burned in Bhramar, the same pain tormented Rohini. Since the report was about, how should it fail to reach Rohini? She heard that it was said in the village that Gobind Lâl was her slave—that he had given her jewels to the value of seven thousand. Whence the rumour came Rohini did not hear, nor had she any indication who had set it about. She at once determined that Bhramar must have done so, else why did Rohini's body burn so much? She thought, "Bhramar has burned me severely. The other day I was charged with being a thief, now there is this charge. I will not stay longer in this country; but before I go I will give her a burning in her very bones."
We already know that there was nothing too difficult for Rohini to accomplish. From some neighbour in the village she borrowed a Benares sari and a set of gilt jewels.
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