not be angry if her husband became attached to another?"
Kumati. She was wrong to believe it—that was her fault."
Sumati. "Have you questioned her about that?"
Kumati. "No."
Sumati. "You are angry without examination, yet you make all this to-do because Bhramar, who is but a girl, became angry without questioning you. This is not the real matter. Shall I tell you the real cause of your anger?"
Kumati. "What do you say it is?"
Sumati. "The true cause is Rohini. You have set your heart upon Rohini, and no longer love the dark Bhomrâ."
Kumati. "Then how is it I loved Bhomrâ so long?"
Sumati. "Because you had not come across Rohini. A thing does not come about in a day. Everything has its time. Because you are parched with the sun to-day, shall it not be cloudy to-morrow ? Nor is that all; there is something else."
Kumati. "What else?"
Sumati. "Krishna Kanta's will. The
