No. 3. "How brazen! I'll go and give the creature the besom."
No. 4. "Only the broom! If you tell me, mistress, I'll cut off her nose and bring it."
No. 5. "One can never tell what another person is up to. How could we imagine, mistress?"
Bhramar laughed, and said, "Tell me first what has happened and then each of you do as you like."
Then the clamour broke out afresh.
No. 1. "Have you not heard? The whole village is in a turmoil about it."
No. 2. "It is a case of 'a dove's nest in the tiger's lair.'"[1]
No. 3. "Let me charm the poison out of her with this broom."
No. 4. "What shall we say, mistress? 'The dwarf has tried to reach the moon.'"
No. 5. "You cannot tell a cat’s nature when it is drenched.[2] A rope round the neck. A rope round the neck."
