bequeathed to Gobind Lâl half the estate, to Hara Lâl and to Binod Lâl, each three-sixteenths, to the widow and to the daughter each one-sixteenth. Hara Lâl was very unruly; disobedient to his father, and evil-tongued. The provisions of a Bengali will seldom remain secret, and Hara Lâl, becoming acquainted with this disposition of the property, said to his father, his eyes inflamed with anger—
"What is this you have done? Half the estate to go to Gobind Lâl, and to me only three-sixteenths?"[1]
"It is quite just," returned Krishna Kanta; "I have given to Gobind Lâl his father's half-share."
"Gobind's father's share! What is that? Who is he to take from us our ancestral property? And the mother and sister, we will look after them. Why give a sixteenth to each of them? Say only that they are to be fed and clothed."
Somewhat angered, Krishna Kanta said, "Hara Lâl, the property is mine not yours, I shall dispose of it as I choose."
"You must have lost your senses! I will
- ↑ See Appendix, Note I.
