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were all crowded, the doors and windows of houses were thronged with women and children. Some of the elderly ladies took their seats on the roofs, while others less lucky were standing by the wayside. They had to wait for about a couple of hours in the blazing sun. Even the intense heat could not mar their irrepressible curiosity. At last they heard repeated shouts of joy, then there was a murmur, succeeded by dead silence. Some men were approaching the institution. The ladies could not distinguish Vidyasagar from among his companions and began grumbling. One elderly lady, bolder than the rest, approached the foremost of the company and asked him whether the illustrious visitor had come. When the gentleman pointed him out for her, she uttered a cry of disappointment and said, "We have almost scorched ourselves to death only to see this coarsely dressed Uriya bearer! He does not ride a coach; he has no watch with him, neither does he wear choga and chap-