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KRISHNA KANTA'S WILL.
then Rohini came gently into the room and said, "Thâkur Dâdâ! what, sleeping?"
Krishna Kanta, still nodding, replied, "Who is that? Nandi?[1] Tell your master to foreclose at once."
Rohini saw that Krishna Kanta was in one of his frequent bouts of opium-smoking. She laughed and said, "Who is Nandi? Thâkur Dâdâ."
Krishna Kanta, without raising his head, replied, "It is quite correct what I said. He (Nandi) has eaten up the milkmaid's butter at Brindâban, and has not paid yet."
Rohini burst out laughing, which startled Krishna Kanta. Raising his head, he looked at her and said, "Who is that? Aswini, Bharani, Krittikâ, Rohini?"[2]
Rohini. "Mrigashirâ, Ârdrâ, Punarbâsu, Pujyâ."
- ↑ The name of Mahâdeva's attendant. Krishna Kanta is still rambling in thought in the realms of mythological fancy.
- ↑ In his half-stupefied condition he arrives at Rohini's name only by the mental process of running through the names of the lunar mansions, Rohini being one of them. Rohini, humouring him, goes on with the list, which is taken up again by Krishna Kanta.
