saw when I rose this morning.[1] Every one I see to-day gives me something. It is well for a poor man to get a few coppers." Aloud he said, "I can do anything you wish. What are your commands?"
"Go down with this bâbu. He has come from my father's country. I never get any news from there, how much I have wept about it! When a person comes from one's own country one wants to question him about one's folks. The bâbu, in anger, has dismissed him. Do you follow and ask him to be seated, but in such a place that if the bâbu goes down he won't see him. Don't let any one see you, I will go to him in private. If he does not wish to sit, persuade him a little."
Rupo, scenting a present, darted off with the words, "At your bidding."
With what design Nishâkar had come to deceive Gobind Lâl I cannot say, but his conduct on coming downstairs would have led any intelligent person to distrust him.
- ↑ A common saying amongst Bengalis. The sight of an auspicious or inauspicious face the first thing in the morning is supposed to influence the events of the day for good or evil.
