CHAPTER III.
At sight of his daughter's sad condition Mâdhabi Nâth had firmly resolved to avenge it. Gobind Lâl and Rohini were at the root of it. Therefore the first thing was to find these people, otherwise their sin could not be punished. Bhramar also would die.
They had completely hidden themselves; every thread by which they could be traced had been cut, the traces of their footsteps effaced. But Mâdhabi Nâth said "If I fail to find them, then no longer need I boast of my manhood."
With this firmly fixed design Mâdhabi Nâth set out alone from the Râi's mansion. There was a post office at Haridrâ. Mâdhabi Nâth, stick in hand, with a slightly swinging gait, chewing spices, walked leisurely into the post-office with the air of a pleasant gentleman of peaceful disposition.
The Deputy Postmaster, a gentleman
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