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Rh, when Vidyasagar suddenly heard that a poor Brahman boy was getting the Junior Scholarship of eight rupees. Vidyasagar was afraid that if Raj Krishna Babu should appear at the examination and succeed in winning the scholarship, the poor boy would be deprived of his only means. He informed Raj Krishna Babu of everything, and told him to desist, for the present, from his attempts at the Junior Scholarship examination. He then urged his apt pupil to prepare himself for the Senior Scholarship examination; at which Raj Krishna Babu said,—'Do you think, I shall be able to qualify myself for that?' Vidyasagar replied,—'Why not; but, mind, you shall have to take more pains. Only if you accompany me every day to the Fort William College, I believe, I shall be able to make you fit for the examination.' Raj Krishna Babu agreed to this, and accompanied him daily to the Fort William College. Vidyasagar was occupied in teaching the Civilians and in doing other duties up to 3 P.M., after which he devoted himself wholly in giving lessons to Raj Krishna Babu till sun-set. They then returned to their houses, and after supper, again applied themselves in giving and receiving instruction to a late hour in the night. By such unremitting toil and perseverance, both on the part of the pupil and the teacher, Raj Krishna Babu was fully instructed in Sanskrit Grammar, Belles-lettres and Smriti, in two years and a half. He appeared at the Senior Scholarship