CHAPTER VII.
When Nishâkar had taken his seat in the large hall, Rohini had to go into a side room. She could not now see but she could hear. She listened to the conversation that ensued. Moreover, she moved the door curtain a little aside and looked at Nishâkar. He also observed that a large and beautiful eye was peeping at him from the curtain. Rohini heard that Nishâkar. or rather Râs Bihâri, had come from Haridrâ. The servant Rupo, like Rohini, stood listening to all that was said. As soon as Nishâkar had gone away, Rohini, showing her face from one side of the curtain, beckoned to Rupo, who approached. She said in his ear—
"Will you do what I tell you? It must be kept secret from the bâbu. If the bâbu knows nothing of it I will give you five rupees."
Rupo thought "I know not whose face I
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