D. Inspector. A certain Missionary was passing through a village within the concern of Mr. Vally. As soon as the ryots saw him, they began to cry aloud, "The Indigo ghost is come out, the Indigo ghost is come out;" and having left that path, flew into their own houses. But as the ryots found, by and by, the bounty, mildness, and forgiving temper of these gentlemen, they began to wonder; and as much as the Missionaries showed heartfelt sorrow for the tortures which the poor people suffered from the Indigo Planters, so much the more they began to love them, and to have faith in them. Now the ryots say to each other, "All bamboos are of one tuft; but of one is made the frame of the Goddess Durga, and of another the sweeper's basket."
Pundit. Let us take away the dead body.
Doctor. We must be sharp. You can bring it out.
(Bindu Madhab and the Deputy Inspector loosening the rope bring out the corpse.)
(Exit all.)
FIFTH ACT—FIRST SCENE.
Before the Office of the Begunbari Factory.
Enter Gopinath Das and a Herdsman.
Gopi. How did you get so much information?
Cowherd. We are their neighbours; day and night, we go to their house. Whenever we are in want of any thing, either a little salt or a ladle of oil, we immediately go to them and bring it; if the child cry, we bring a little molasses from them and give it; we are getting our support for nearly seven generations from the Bose family; and can't we get information about them?
Gopi. Where was Bindu Madhab married?
Cowherd. Oh, it is in a village to the west of Calcutta.
