CHAPTER XXVII.
The news of Krishna Kanta's death caused much grief in the neighbourhood. One said, "An Indra hath fallen;" another, "A Dikpâl hath died;" another, "A mountain peak is broken." Krishna Kanta had been a wealthy man, but also one of sterling character. He gave handsomely to the poor, to the Brahmans, and to the Pandits. Therefore many were afflicted at his death.
Above all others, Bhramar. The first thing was to bring her home. In the day following on the Kartâ's death, Gobind Lâl's mother promptly sent for her daughter-in-law. Bhramar came back weeping for Krishna Kanta. Whether, on her first meeting with Gobind Lâl, there would have been a great rupture between them on account of Rohini, I can't tell, but in the grief for Krishna Kanta this matter remained in
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