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A gang of five or six hundred men, they say, has raided one of our treasuries and made off with six thousand rupees. Our house will be looted next, they expect." I felt greatly relieved. So it was our own money after all. I wanted to send for Amulya at once and tell him that he need only hand over those notes to my husband and leave the explanations to me.
Everything seemed to grow dark before my eyes. "What terrible thing have you done, Amulya?" I cried. "Is it then ..." "I know you will say I got this money wrongly. Very well, I admit it. But I have paid the full price for my wrong-doing. So now the money is mine." I no longer had any desire to learn more about it. My very blood-vessels contracted, making my whole body shrink within itself.
When the Inspector, having argued out his theory to his own satisfaction, at last departed, I said to Amulya: "If you will tell me who took the money, I promise you no one shall be hurt." "I did," said he. "But how can that be? What about the gang of armed men?..." "It was I, by myself, alone!" What Amulya then told me was indeed extraordinary.
I remained firm. "If I could have told you, it would have been made over to him in your presence!" "So you think Amulya will not tell me?" "No, he will not." Sandip could not conceal his anger any longer. "You think you will gain the mastery over me?" he blazed out. "That shall never be. Amulya, there, would die a happy death if I deigned to trample him under foot.
If only the time would arrive when I could hand over the money to Sandip! I could bear it no longer, its weight was breaking through my very ribs. It was still early when I got word that Sandip was awaiting me. Today I had no thought of adornment. Wrapped as I was in my shawl, I went off to the outer apartments. As I entered the sitting-room I saw Sandip and Amulya there, together.
"Take it away, Amulya," I implored. "Put it back where you got it from." "That would be hard indeed!" "It is not hard, brother dear. It was an evil moment when you first came to me. Even Sandip has not been able to harm you as I have done." Sandip's name seemed to stab him. "Sandip!" he cried. "It was you alone who made me come to know that man for what he is.
"I shall never touch that money again. Do with it as you will." "Can man ever give as woman can?" said Sandip, looking towards Amulya. "They are goddesses!" agreed Amulya with enthusiasm. "We men can at best give of our power," continued Sandip. "But women give themselves. Out of their own life they give birth, out of their own life they give sustenance. Such gifts are the only true gifts."
And in a moment the black covering seemed to be lifted from Sandip's countenance also. His delight beamed forth from his features. Unable to control his sudden revulsion of feeling, he sprang up from his seat towards me. What he intended I know not. I flashed a lightning glance towards Amulya the colour had left the boy's face as at the stroke of a whip.
The face of his, which I saw in the morning light, had nothing of the magic radiance of genius. "Will you leave the room," I blurted out. Sandip smiled. "Since Amulya is not here," he remarked, "I should think my turn had come for a special talk." My fate was coming back upon me. How was Ito take away the right I myself had given. "I would be alone," I repeated.
The Chota Rani must have kept it herself, seeing how absent-minded you are getting." I was, however, greatly disturbed. It was never Bimal's habit to take any key of mine without telling me about it. Bimal was not present at my meal-time that day: she was busy feasting Amulya in her own room. My sister-in-law wanted to send for her, but I asked her not to do so.
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