Defendant's Attorney. The name is great, but in property there is nothing (speaks with the Nazir.) This money they will give by selling the ornaments.
Nazir. I have no estates, have no trade nor lands for cultivation. This is my whole stock. It is for your sake only that I have agreed to take Rupees 100. Let us go to our lodging. Be careful that the Dewan does not hear this. Have not they got something as their own.
(Exit all.)
FOURTH ACT—SECOND SCENE.
Indrabad, the dwelling of Bindu Madhab.
Nobin Madhab, Bindu Madhab, and Sadhu sitting.
Nobin. I am now obliged to go home. My mother will die as soon as she hears of this. What more shall I do now for you? See that our father does not suffer great sorrow. I have now determined on leaving our habitation. I shall sell off everything, and send the money. Whoever wants any sum, I will give him that.
Bindu. The Darogah does not want money; only, for fear of the Magistrate, he does not allow the cooking Brahmin to be taken there.
Nobin. Give him money and also entreat him. Ah! His[1] body is old; he has been without food for three days! I explained to him, and entreated him greatly. He says, "Nobin, let three days pass and then shall I think, whether I shall take food or not; within these three days, I shall not take any thing."
Bindu. I do not find any means, how I can be able to make my father take some boiled rice. The hand which he
- ↑ This pronoun refers to the father of Nobin.
