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Updated: June 11, 2025
It is impossible for you to go to him now; but if he, on receiving the news, could come here, I would let him know by letter." Surja Mukhi's wan face expanded into a smile; then again becoming dejected, she said: "He could come, but I cannot tell if he would. I am guilty of a great offence against him, but he is full of kindness to me; he might forgive me, but he is far from here.
A khansamah who was accustomed to serve in the women's apartment came to that place in his search, and recognizing her, said, "Will you not please to come home?" Surja Mukhi made no answer. Again he said, "Pray come home, the whole household is anxious." Then, in an angry voice, Surja Mukhi said, "Who are you to take me back?" The khansamah was frightened; nevertheless he remained standing.
Afraid to oppose him, he consented to speak, and Nagendra's face relaxed. He began "Walking slowly from Govindpur, Surja Mukhi came first in this direction." "What distance did she walk daily?" interrupted Nagendra. "Two or three miles." "She did not take a farthing from home; how did she live?"
They were long deer-eyes, extending to the side hair; the eye-brows joined in a beautiful curve over the dilated, densely black pupils, full but steady. The eyes of the dark woman in the dream were not so enchanting. Then Surja Mukhi's features were not similar. The dream figure was dwarfish; Surja Mukhi rather tall, her figure swaying with the beauty of the honeysuckle creeper.
Incomparable being! her whole person seems to breathe peace. If in some clear pool you have observed the sheen produced by the rays of the autumn moon, you have seen something resembling her. I can think of no other simile." Surja Mukhi's reply to Nagendra's letter came in a few days. It was after this manner: "I know not what fault your servant has committed.
It thinks itself undying. So you have thought. In the first strength of this infatuation your enduring love for Surja Mukhi became invisible to your eyes. This delusion is inherent in man's nature; therefore I do not censure you, rather I counsel you to strive to be happy in this state. "Do not despair; Surja Mukhi will certainly return. How long can she exist without seeing you?
The moment she set foot in the house Kamal took in hand the dressing of her sister-in-law's hair, for Surja Mukhi had neglected herself lately. Kamal said, "Shall I put in a flower or two?" Surja Mukhi pinched her cheek, and forbade it. So Kamal Mani did it slily. When people came in she said, "Do you see the old woman wearing flowers in her hair?"
To day she was eloquent, for it was her last day with her husband. She said, "Fie! do not sit thus silent; if I see not your face smiling as I die, I shall not die happy." Surja Mukhi also had thus spoken. In death all are equal. Struck to the heart, Nagendra said in troubled tones, "Why have you done this? Why did you not send for me?"
Thus they talked until far in the night, when Surja Mukhi embraced Kamal with much affection, and taking Satish into her lap kissed him lovingly. When they came to part, Surja Mukhi was again drowned in tears. She blessed Satish, saying "I wish that thou mayst be rich in the imperishable virtues of thy mother's brother; I know no greater blessing than this."
In the years that had intervened without a meeting she had a little forgotten Kamal; but now, both being amiable, their affection was born afresh, and became very close. When Kamal Mani talked of returning home, Surja Mukhi said, "Nay, sister, stay a little longer. I shall be wretched when you are gone. It relieves me to talk to you of my trouble." "I shall not go without arranging your affairs."
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