beharil

Updated: May 29, 2025

I am afraid there can be no question at all that hundreds of the deaths put down to snake-bite by village punchayets every year might with more truth be registered as "cured to death." Beharil Surajmul was the greatest moneylender in Dowlutpoor. He was a man of rare talents.

Edward Hamilton Aitken - Concerning Animals and Other Matters