help me. Do you invoke the name of Hari, I will listen."
No one called on Hari, save the dying man. All were stunned, frightened, overwhelmed. Krishna Kanta alone was fearless. He said to Gobind Lâl, "The key of the drawer is at my head; take it out."
Gobind Lâl took the key from beneath the pillow. His uncle said, "Open the drawer and take out the will." Gobind Lâl obeyed. The old man then said, "Send for the Âmla, the Mohurir, and ten respectable householders."
Then the Nâibs, Mohurirs, Gomashtâs, Kârkoons, Chatterjis,[1] Mukherjis, Banerjis, Bhattachârjyas, Ghoshes, Bâsus, Mitras, and Dattas filled the room.
Krishna Kanta desired a Mohurir to read his will, and when the reading was finished, said, "This will will be destroyed. Write a new one."
"What shall I write?"
"Just what stands there—only―"
"Only—what?"
"Strike out the name of Gobind Lâl, and
- ↑ This and the following names are designations of different castes of Brahmans.
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