she is immediately called a Dain. I shall speak of this to our mistress; am I become so old as to be called a Dain?
Soirindri. (Rising up) Youngest Bou, sit down, I am coming; to-day we shall hear the Betal of Vidyeasagar.
(Soirindri goes away.)
Aduri. That Sagar allows marriage to the widows; fie! fie! Are there not two parties to that? I am of the Ajah's[1] party.
Saralota. Aduri, did your husband love you well?
Aduri. O young Haldarni, do not raise that word of sorrow now, Even up to this day, when his face comes before my mind's eye, my heart, as it were, bursts with sorrow. He loved me very much. And he even wanted to give me a daughter-in-law. He even did not give me time to sleep. Whenever I felt drowsy, he said, "O my love, are you sleeping."
Saralota. Did you call him by his name?
Aduri. Fie! fie! fie! The husband is one's Lord. Is it proper to call him by his name?
Saralota. Then, how did you call him?
Aduri. I used to say, "O! do you hear me."
Enter Soirindri again.
Soirindri. Who has irritated this fool again?
Aduri. She was inquiring after my husband, therefore I was speaking with her.
Soirindri. (Laughing.) I never saw a greater fool than this our youngest Bou. While having so many subjects of talk, still you are exciting Aduri in order to hear from her about her husband.
- ↑ The word Rajah is here pronounced in an odd form; and it has reference to those rajahs who were against widow marriage. As the word is pronounced by a woman of the lower class, it is spelt here incorrectly.
