PART II.
CHAPTER I.
News came to the house in Haridrâ village that Gobind Lâl, his mother, and the rest, had arrived at Benares safely and in good health. No letter came to Bhramar, and she, from pride, never wrote to Gobind Lâl. The letters came to the men of business.
A month passed, two months passed, and letters continued to come. At length news arrived that Gobind Lâl had left Benares for home.
Hearing this, Bhramar comprehended that Gobind Lâl had given this out to deceive his mother, but had gone elsewhere. She had no hope of his coming home.
At this time Bhramar made constant secret inquiry for news of Rohini. She heard of her as being engaged in cooking, sewing, eating, bathing, fetching water, but nothing
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