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KRISHNA KANTA'S WILL.
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borrowed name. No one knew him to be Gobind Lâl Bâbu."

Bhramar.   "Did you not hear that the police had been seeking him in Haridrâ village? So how can it be that they don't know?"

Jâmini.   "Suppose they do know! If he were to come here and settle down in possession of his property, he would have some cash in hand. Father says the police are open to bribes."

Bhramar (weeping).   "Who will give him this counsel? Where can I find him to give him that advice? Father did once find him. I wonder if he could do so again?"

Jâmini.   "The police are great searchers. If with their daily searching they cannot find him, how should father do so? But I think Gobind Lâl Bâbu will himself come and settle down at Haridrâ. Just after that event at Prasâdpur, had he shown himself in Haridrâ, people would have identified him as the Prasâdpur Babu. On that account, I think, he has kept away. But now it may be expected that he will come."

Bhramar.   "I have no hope of it."