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"Speak, brother," said Debendra; "why are you angry to-day? I think the atmosphere of Hembati has corrupted you." Surendra, lending no ear to his evil words, said, "Whose destruction are you seeking to compass by assuming this disguise?" "Do you not know?" was the reply. "Don't you remember the schoolmaster's marriage to a goddess?
He bore contumely with patience, looking forward to the time when Debendra Babu's decease would give him a recognised position. His wife was far more ambitious. So, one morning, he poured his sorrows into Nalini's sympathetic ear. "Mahásay," he said, "you know that people are inclined to blame me for living in idleness, and I do indeed long to chalk out a career for myself.
There is nothing in nature so intoxicating as flower-perfumed air. Hira suddenly perceived the figure of a man in a grove of trees; a second glance showed it to be Debendra. He was not disguised, but wore his own apparel. Hira exclaimed in astonishment: "You are very bold, sir; should you be discovered you will be beaten!" "Where Hira is, what cause have I for fear?"
At length, in an important suit, the grandfather of Nagendra had defeated the grandfather of Debendra, and since that time the Debipur family had been powerless. All their money was swallowed up in law expenses, and the Govindpur house had bought up all their estates. From that time the position of the Debipur family had declined, that of the other increased, the two branches no longer united.
Annoyed, Debendra said, "Why do you laugh?" "At your disappointment. The bird has fled; should you search my premises you will not find it." Then, in reply to Debendra's questions, Hira told all she knew, concluding with the words, "When I missed her in the morning I sought her everywhere, and at last found her in the Babu's house receiving much kindness."
He borrowed Rs. 30 from Debendra Babu and took the earliest train for Calcutta. On arriving there he joined a mess of waifs and strays like himself, who herded in a small room and clubbed their pice to provide meals. Then he waited on Debnath Babu, whom he found installed in a sumptuous office overlooking the river Hughli.
The spell cast by her malice was broken. Debendra Babu in Trouble. "Who is she?" asked Nalini looking up from a law book which he was studying. "Surely you know my sister, Chota Babu?" "Yes, of course, what's the matter with her?" "She has been ill for three days, with excruciating internal pains; what am I to do, Bábuji?" "Who is treating her?" asked Nalini.
Soon after that, some kind of festival was held in Debendra's house, and a little girl was sent thence to Kunda to invite her attendance. But Surja Mukhi hearing of this, forbade her to accept the invitation, and she did not go. Later, Debendra again going to Tara Charan's house, had an interview with Kunda.
With manhood there arose in him a love for beauty, but in his own house this was denied to him; with manhood there came a desire for conjugal affection, but the mere sight of the unamiable Hembati quenched the desire. Putting happiness out of the question, Debendra perceived that it would be difficult to stay in the house to endure the venom of Hembati's tongue.
But, during a visit to England he sickened, and died in 1833; and the theistic movement weakened and waned for a few years, deprived of his leadership and inspiring presence. It was in 1843 that the Brahmo Somaj of Ram Mohan Roy was united with another Sabha organized by another great soul, Debendra Nath Tagore.
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