"Good afternoon, Sir"—saluted Hara Govind Babu and stood before the Lord of the District.
"Good afternoon. What's it, Doctor?"
"I am here to seek justice at your hands, Sir. The Kotwali Sub-Inspector, on pretence of searching my house this afternoon,—"
The District Magistrate interrupted him, saying—"Haven't two of your sons been arrested to-day in connection with the European Assault Case?"
"Yes, Sir, they have. But it is out of sheer malice that the Daroga has done so. Only this morning—"
The Sahib became crimson with anger. "How dare you!"—he shouted—"how dare you come and try to bias me, knowing that I try your sons' case the day after to-morrow?" The Sahib then jumped into the saddle of his bicycle and the next moment he disappeared.
Babu Hara Govind heaved a deep sigh and with languid steps, walked back to his house.
VI
It was dusk. The Doctor was sitting inside his house, surrounded by his wife and daughters. The false accusation against his sons, the disgrace and the insult he had suffered, had cast a gloom over the household.
