them I worked. When Ray works, he weeps with deep sighs; if he hear of this my work, he would become, as it were, insane.
Nobin. Where is Sadhu now?
Reboti. He is sitting outside, and is weeping.
Nobin. To a woman of good family, constancy in faithfulness to her husband is, as it were, the loadstone; and how very beautiful does she appear (ramani ki ramaniya) when she is decorated with the ornament! Is a woman of a good family carried off, when the Bhima-like[1] [son of] Svaropur of my father is still in existence? At this very moment shall I go. I shall see what manner of injustice this is. The Indigo frog can never sit on the white waterlily-like constancy of a woman.
Sabitri. Chastity is the store of gold which is given by Providence; it is so valuable that it makes the beggar woman, a queen. If you can rescue this jewel before it is soiled, from the hands of the Indigo monkey, then shall I say that you have actually answered the purpose of my being your mother. Such injustice I never heard of. Now, Ghose Bou, let us go outside.
THIRD SCENE
Mr. Rogue's Chamber
Mr. Rogue sitting
Enter Podi Moyrani and Khetromany
Khetro. My aunt, don't speak of such things to me; I can give up my life, but my chastity never; cut me in pieces, burn me in the fire, throw me into the water, and bury me under ground, but as to touching another man that can I never do. What will my husband think?
- ↑ Bhima: a mythical hero of the great Indian epic Mahabharata.
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